The region has recorded 61 deaths -- 35 in Kargil district and 26 in Leh district -- since the outbreak of the pandemic while 3,274 patients have so far recovered from the infection, the officials said.
Of the 69 new cases -- 64 were reported from Leh and five from Kargil.
Thirty-one COVID patients in Leh and 11 more in Kargil were discharged after successful treatment, the officials said, adding that the number of active patients in Ladakh stands at 1,094 -- 766 in Leh and 328 in Kargil. TAS
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