Leh, Jun 15 (PTI) Ladakh has reported five fresh coronavirus cases, raising the infection tally to 28,296, officials said on Wednesday.

The new cases were detected in Leh, they said.

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On the bright side, two more patients recovered from the infection, the officials said.

The death toll remained unchanged at 228 -- 168 deaths from Leh and 60 from Kargil.

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The number of active COVID-19 cases in Ladakh has climbed to 22 -- 20 in Leh district and two in Kargil district.

So far, 28,043 patients have recovered from coronavirus in Ladakh, the officials said.

While a total of 201 sample reports were tested in Ladakh, 169 sample reports in Leh and 27 sample reports in Kargil were found to be negative.

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