Port Blair:
Five persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Friday, taking the total number of such cases in the Union Territory to six, a senior official said.
All the patients are part of the same group that returned to Port Blair on March 24, Chief Secretary Chetan Sanghi said.
They are undergoing treatment at a hospital here, he added.
Altogether 1,592 people have been put under home isolation, while 78 are in special quarantine premises, Sanghi said.
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They are all in the age group of 23 to 64, he said.
The airport staff who were on duty that day were also asked to undergo tests for COVID-19, Avijit Roy, the nodal officer for the disease, had said.
The islands have been put on high alert, officials said, urging people to stay at home.
