Ladakh's COVID-19 tally increased to 28,558 on Thursday as 10 more people tested positive for the viral disease, officials said.
All the new cases were detected in Leh which has seen a spurt in Covid infections over the last two months, taking the active cases in the district to 49, they said.
So far, 228 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Ladakh. Of these, 168 deaths were reported from Leh and 60 from Kargil, according to officials.
A total of 3,355 people, including 1,547 air travellers, were screened for COVID-19 in Leh and Kargil districts on Wednesday, they said.
Twelve people were discharged from hospitals in Leh after recovering from the disease. With this, the total number of recoveries have gone up to 28,311, the officials said.