Andaman Nicobar Islands reports 10 new COVID-19 cases

    Port Blair, Oct 17 (PTI) The COVID-19 tally of Andaman
and Nicobar Islands rose to 4,072 as 10 more people tested
positive for the infection, a health official said on
Saturday.
    The COVID-19 death toll in the Union territory climbed
to 56 with one more person succumbing to the infection, the
official said.
    Of the 10 new cases, three were detected during
contact tracing, while seven patients have travel history, he
said.
    Fourteen more people have been cured of the disease,
taking the total number of recoveries in the archipelago to
3,831, the official said.
    The Union territory now has 185 active COVID-19 cases,
he said.
    The administration has so far sent 73,363 samples for
COVID-19 tests, of which 73,252 reports have been received and
111 are awaited, the official added. PTI COR
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