Covid-19: Ladakh reports 32 new patients, active cases dip

Leh, November 27

Thirty-two more persons have tested positive for Covid-19 in Ladakh, taking the overall virus tally in the union territory to 21,467, officials said on Saturday.

The count of active cases stands at 243 — 224 in Leh and 19 in Kargil.

Ladakh has registered 213 Covid-related deaths — 155 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic in March last year, the officials said.

They said swab samples of at least 2,485 persons were collected and tested for Covid-19 in the twin districts on Friday, and 32 of them were found to have contracted the disease.

The officials said 24 more patients were undergoing treatment at a hospital in Leh were discharged, thereby taking the number of recoveries in Ladakh to 21,011, which is 97.87 per cent of the total caseload. — PTI