Leh, Nov 17 (PTI) Ladakh has recorded 24 fresh COVID-19 cases, raising its tally to 21,229, officials said on Wednesday.

The active cases in the union territory as of now stand at 197 -- 192 in Leh district and five in Kargil district, they said.

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Ladakh has registered 211 Covid-related deaths -- 153 in Leh and 58 in Kargil -- since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.

Twenty-seven more patients were cured and discharged from hospital in Leh in the past 24 hours. The total number of cured patients has reached 20,821, they said.

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The 24 fresh cases were reported from Leh, the officials said.

No death due to Covid took place in the past 24 hours, they added.

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