Andaman and Nicobar logs 8 new Covid-19 cases, infection tally at 10,157

The Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands reported eight new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, four less than the previous day, pushing the tally to 10,157, a health department official said.

Five patients have travel history while three infections were detected during contact tracing, the official said.

The archipelago now has 42 active COVID-19 cases, while 9,986 people have recovered from the disease, including four in the last 24 hours, he said.

A total of 129 patients have succumbed to COVID-19 till date.

The union territory administration has so far tested 7,53,930 samples for COVID-19 and the cumulative test positivity rate is 1.35 per cent.

A total of 3,41,144 people have been inoculated with both doses of the vaccine so far, the official added.