Port Blair: The union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands reported more COVID-19 recoveries than fresh cases as 21 people recuperated from the disease while eight new infections pushed the tally to 9,994, a health department official said here on Friday.
The archipelago now has 83 active COVID-19 cases, while 9,782 people have recovered from the disease so far, he said.
The COVID-19 death toll remained at 129 as no fresh fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, the official said.
The union territory had reported one new COVID-19 case and eight recoveries on Thursday.
A total of 6,94,107 samples have been tested for COVID-19 so far and the cumulative test positivity rate is 1.44 per cent, he said.
At least 6,06,637 people have been inoculated with COVID-19 vaccine so far, including 3,01,900 with both doses of the vaccine, the official added.