COVID-19 pandemic in Lakshadweep

COVID-19 pandemic in the Lakshadweep Islands
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationLakshadweep Islands, India
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Arrival date18 January 2021
(3 years, 10 months, 1 week and 1 day)
Confirmed cases10,297
Active cases5
Deaths
51

The first case of COVID-19 on the Union Territory of Lakshadweep was recorded on 18 January 2021.[1] Lakshadweep Islands, until then, was India's only COVID-free territory (state/UT), and life was fairly normal for the residents of the UT.[2] As of 13 September 2021, there were 10,297 confirmed cases (5 active) and 51 deaths.[3]

  1. ^ "Nearly a year after Covid-19 outbreak in India, Lakshadweep reports its first-ever case". India Today. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. ^ "What Covid-19? Life is normal is Lakshadweep". Times of India. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. ^ "MoHFW-Home". www.mohfw.gov.in. Retrieved 22 January 2021.