<p>Four more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, taking the total number of cases to 33, an official said on Sunday.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-live-updates-wb-doctor-dies-of-covid-19-taking-indias-toll-to-826-tally-above-26500-827545.html">Follow latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic here</a></strong></p>.<p>All the four persons had come in contact with a COVID-19 patient and his family in Bambooflat area in south Andaman district, he said.</p>.<p>Last week, a 39-year-old police radio operator had tested positive for COVID-19 in the locality, which has now been declared a hotspot.</p>.<p>Of the total cases reported in the Union Territory, 22 are active now, the official said.</p>.<p>More than 100 samples have been sent to the Regional Medical Research Centre here for tests on Sunday morning, the official said.</p>.<p>It includes the samples of 10 coronavirus patients, whose samples had tested negative in the previous test.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-state-wise-india-update-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-april-26-829988.html">Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths</a></strong></p>.<p>If the 10 samples test negative again, the persons will be released from the guest house where they have been quarantined, he said.</p>.<p>Till Saturday, a total of 2,741 samples had been sent for tests, and of these, results of 2,617 had come, the official had said.</p>.<p>The health department has so far received 3,800 rapid test kits from the Centre, he said.</p>.<p>The Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration has set up an isolation centre at the GB Pant Hospital with 50 beds, and a total of 961 people are now in quarantine centres, the official said.</p>.<p>The Union Territory administration has adopted the "pool testing" method using less kits for more tests in the fight against novel coronavirus.</p>
<p>Four more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, taking the total number of cases to 33, an official said on Sunday.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-live-updates-wb-doctor-dies-of-covid-19-taking-indias-toll-to-826-tally-above-26500-827545.html">Follow latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic here</a></strong></p>.<p>All the four persons had come in contact with a COVID-19 patient and his family in Bambooflat area in south Andaman district, he said.</p>.<p>Last week, a 39-year-old police radio operator had tested positive for COVID-19 in the locality, which has now been declared a hotspot.</p>.<p>Of the total cases reported in the Union Territory, 22 are active now, the official said.</p>.<p>More than 100 samples have been sent to the Regional Medical Research Centre here for tests on Sunday morning, the official said.</p>.<p>It includes the samples of 10 coronavirus patients, whose samples had tested negative in the previous test.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-state-wise-india-update-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-april-26-829988.html">Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths</a></strong></p>.<p>If the 10 samples test negative again, the persons will be released from the guest house where they have been quarantined, he said.</p>.<p>Till Saturday, a total of 2,741 samples had been sent for tests, and of these, results of 2,617 had come, the official had said.</p>.<p>The health department has so far received 3,800 rapid test kits from the Centre, he said.</p>.<p>The Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration has set up an isolation centre at the GB Pant Hospital with 50 beds, and a total of 961 people are now in quarantine centres, the official said.</p>.<p>The Union Territory administration has adopted the "pool testing" method using less kits for more tests in the fight against novel coronavirus.</p>