COVID-19 case surge up in Ladakh with 80 active cases

LEH — Directorate of Health Services Ladakh on Thursday said that twenty more people have been tested positive for COVID-19 in Ladakh. With this, the number of COVID-19 active cases in Ladakh has gone up to 80; 39 in Leh district and 41 in Kargil district.

An official informed that of the total 39 active cases in Leh, 22 positive patients are admitted in COVID-19 hospital while 17 positive cases are in home isolation. And all the 41 positive cases of Kargil district are in COVID-19 hospital of Kargil. He informed that till date, 41 patients got cured in Leh district while 13 positive patients in Kargil district were cured and discharged from hospital.

The official informed that 97 samples were tested at COVID-19 Laboratory Chuchot Yokma yesterday: 78 samples of Leh district and 19 samples of Kargil district. 02 repeated positive reports of two COVID-19 patients already admitted in the COVID-19 hospital, and 76 negative reports are of Leh district and 19 negative reports are of Kargil district.

“The Health Department Leh received 87 sample reports yesterday; out of these reports, 20 are positive and 62 negative reports are of Leh district and 105 negative reports are of Kargil district.”

“Condition of all 80 active cases of COVID-19 in Ladakh is stable,” he said.