Leh, Oct 25 (PTI) Ladakh recorded five fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 20,904 while the number of active cases in the union territory has gone down to 37, officials said.

Ladakh has registered 208 Covid-related deaths – 150 in Leh and 58 in Kargil – since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.

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Six patients of coronavirus were cured and discharged from hospitals, thereby taking the tally of recoveries to 20,659, they said.

A total of 173 sample reports in Ladakh were tested negative, they said.

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There was no death reported due to Covid in Ladakh Sunday.

All the five new cases were reported in Leh, they said.

With this, the total number of COVID-19 active cases in Ladakh has gone up to 37 including 36 in Leh and 1 in Kargil district.

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