Ladakh on Saturday recorded 12 freshCovid-19 cases that pushed its infection tally to 29,050, officials said.
All the fresh cases were reported from Leh, they said.
So far, 228 people have succumbed toCovid-19 in Ladakh. Of these, 168 deaths were reported from Leh and 60 from Kargil, according to the officials.
The officials said the number of activeCovid-19 cases stands at 102 in Ladakh -- 96 from Leh and six from Kargil.
A total of 174 samples were tested forCovid-19 in Ladakh. Of these, 129 samples from Leh and 33 from Kargil tested negative, they said.
Himachal Pradesh recorded 423 newCovid-19 infections on Saturday, taking the infection tally to 3,07,482, officials said.
A 45-year-old woman succumbed to the disease in Sirmaur district as the death toll rose to 4,163, they said.
The tally of activeCovid-19 cases in the state stands 3,024.
On Saturday, 3,702 samples were taken for testing and 423 of them tested positive forCovid.
Odisha'sCovid-19 tally rose to 13,22,183 on Saturday as 403 more people, including 48 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.
TheCovid-19 death toll remained at 9,154 as there was no new death. Fifty-three other patients have died due to comorbidities so far, the health department said.
The state had logged 583 infections and a fatality on Friday.
Authorities in Xinjiang are threatening those who flout quarantine laws with as many as three weeks of detention amid a new outbreak ofCovid-19 in the region that has seen infections rise sharply since the start of the month, media reports said.
The warning comes as the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) capital Lhasa entered a three-day state of de facto lockdown amid a growing number ofCovid-19 cases in the city, RFA reported.
On Friday, authorities announced that they had documented 410 new asymptomaticCOVID-19 infections in Xinjiang, bringing the total to 1,727, as the region continues to grapple with a new outbreak that has led to strict lockdowns.
An official in Qorghas county's Langar township, who oversees 10 families in Yengiavat village, told RFA that authorities have been conducting street patrols to ensure that nobody is leaving their homes during an ongoing lockdown in the area and informing residents that they would be detained for up to three weeks if they do, RFA reported.
Thirty more people tested positive forCovid-19 in Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday, nine less than the previous day, with the caseload mounting to 66,383, a senior health official said.
The death toll remained unchanged at 296 as no new fatality due to the infection was recorded in the last 24 hours, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.
Of the new cases, eight were reported from Namsai district, followed by the Capital Complex Region at four, the official said.
Arunachal Pradesh currently has 203 active cases, while 65,884 people have so far recuperated from the disease, including 54 in the last 24 hours, the SSO said.