Five more Covid-19 cases in Andaman and Nicobar, active cases rise to 11

The five new cases include three males and two females aged between 25 and 35, said Avijit Roy, nodal officer for Covid-19 here

Five people tested positive for Covid-19 in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Thursday, taking the total number of active cases in the Union territory to 11, officials said.

All of them are residents of Bambooflat in the South Andaman district, they said.

Last week, a 39-year-old police radio operator had tested positive for Covid-19 in the area, which has now been declared a hotspot, and all the fresh cases are either his family members or related to him, the officials said.

They mainly belong to the Mopla community of Kerala and their forefathers settled here decades ago, they said.