14 new cases push Covid-19 tally of Andamans to 4,477

Port Blair: The COVID-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 4,477 on Wednesday as 14 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said.

Eleven new patients have travel history, while three fresh infections were detected during contract tracing, the official said.

Sixteen more people have been cured of the disease, he said.

The



archipelago now has 162 active coronavirus cases, while 4,255 people have recovered from the disease so far, the official said.

Sixty patients have succumbed to the infection so far, he said.

The administration has so far sent 1,01,226 samples for COVID-19 tests, of which 1,01,043 reports have been received and 183 are awaited, the official said.