Leh, March 23: As per the media bulletin released by the Directorate of Health Services UT Ladakh, 05 new positive sample reports of Covid-19 were received yesterday. All of them were received by CMO Leh. No deaths were reported in UT Ladakh yesterday.
While a total of 309 sample reports were tested in UT Ladakh. 285 sample reports in Leh and 19 sample reports in Kargil were found to be negative.
The bulletin further informs that 15 patients have been cured and discharged. 13 patients were discharged by CMO Leh and 02 patients were cured and discharged by CMO Kargil.
With this, the total number of COVID-19 active cases in UT Ladakh is 26; all the active cases are in Leh district. The bulletin further informs that 1562 passengers were screened at the KBR, Leh airport while 82 passengers including the drivers and helpers of trucks, and light motor vehicles were screened at Khaltsi check post and 244 passengers were screened at Khangral check post.
