India News | No Fresh COVID-19 Case in Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Port Blair, Mar 5 (PTI) The union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands did not record any fresh COVID-19 case in the last 24 hours, a health department official said on Saturday.

The COVID-tally in the archipelago remained at 10,020, he said.

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One more person recovered from coronavirus, taking the total number of recoveries to 9,887, the official said.

The union territory now has only four active COVID-19 cases.

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The COVID-19 death toll remained at 129 as no fresh fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, he said.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands had reported one new COVID-19 case and two recoveries on Friday.

The administration has so far tested 7,02,143 samples for COVID-19 and the cumulative test positivity rate is 1.43 per cent.

A total of 6,07,989 beneficiaries have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine, the official added.

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