No fresh COVID-19 case in Andamans, tally at 4,991

No fresh COVID-19 case in Andamans, tally at 4,991
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Port Blair: Andaman and Nicobar Islands did not record a single fresh COVID-19 case in the last 24 hours, a health department official said on Friday.

The coronavirus tally in the union territory remained at 4,991, while a total of 62 people have died so far due to the contagion, he said.

Four more persons were cured of the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries in the archipelago to 4,904, the official said.

The union territory now has 25 active COVID-19 cases and all the cases are in South Andaman district.

The Andaman and Nicobar administration has conducted 2,09,433 sample tests for COVID-19 so far, and the positivity rate stands at 2.38 per cent, he added.

The union territory reported its first COVID-19 case on June 10 last year and the first COVID-19 death on July 27, 2020.