Andaman And Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, separating the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea, comprise two main island groups; the Nicobar Islands and the Andaman Islands. The islands are located in the Bay of Bengal and are possessed by India. Andaman and Nicobar Islands consist of 572 islands, of which only 38 have permanent populations. In 2004, a tsunami, triggered by an earthquake in the nearby Indian Ocean, severely damaged the islands, drawing global attention.
Location
Map showing the location of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are located on the Bay of Bengal’s southeastern edge. The two island groups, Nicobar Island and its northern neighbor, form an arc that stretches towards the south for about 1,000 kilometers between Sumatra (Indonesia) and Myanmar. The arc also forms a boundary between the Andaman Sea on the east and the Bay of Bengal on the west.
Read more about Andamans see no new Covid case in 5 days despite steady inflow of tourists on Business Standard. Andaman and Nicobar Islands have not reported any coronavirus case for the last five days notwithstanding a steady inflow of tourists into the archipelago, health department officials said Sunday.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands did not record a single fresh COVID-19 case for the last five days, a health department official said on Sunday. The coronavirus tally in the union territory remained at 4,994, while 62 people have so far died due to the contagion, he said. The archipelago has not reported any new COVID-19 case since Tuesday. No fresh COVID-19 case was reported for the fifth day in a row on Saturday, the official said. The union territory now has only four active COVID-19 cases, he said. One more person was cured of the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries in the archipelago to 4,928, the official said.
The coronavirus tally in the union territory remained at 4,994, while 62 people have so far died due to the contagion, a health department official said on Saturday.
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