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Nearly a year after Covid-19 outbreak in India, Lakshadweep reports its first-ever case
The first Covid-19 case in Lakshadweep Islands is a man belonging to the India Reserve Batallion, who had left for Kavaratti by ship from Kochi on January 3 and tested positive on Monday.
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UPDATED: January 19, 2021 04:56 IST
The first Covid-19 case was reported in the Lakshadweep Islands on Monday, nearly an year after the outbreak of the pandemic in the country. (File image: PTI)
Nearly a year after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in India, the first coronavirus case was reported in the Lakshadweep Islands on Monday. Lakshadweep Islands, until now, was India s only Covid-free territory.
The man, belonging to the India Reserve Batallion, had left for Kavaratti by ship from Kochi on January 3 and tested positive on Monday, official sources said.