In Ladakh, 20 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed, the highest number in a single day in Ladakh. Commissioner Secretary Health and official Spokesperson of UT Administration Rigzin Samphal has informed through a tweet that 17 new cases of Covid-19 are from Kargil and 3 new cases are from Leh which raises the total tally upto 31 active cases.<br />''<br />''He further tweeted that most of the cases have a travel history from Delhi that too in the same bus.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile DC Kargil Baseer Ul Haq Chowdhary during a press conference said that all the 4 Areas where the new 17 cases from Kargil Belongs has been Brought under Containment Zone and strict Surveillance has been started as per SOPs.<br />''<br />''Appreciating the Students belonging to Barsoo Area who volunteered for Institutional Quarantine on his return to Kargil from Delhi, Baseer Ul Haq said that this act of the students has saved the Area from Containment.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"><br />''In view of the prevailing Covid 19 Pandemic and the huge inflow of Students, Passengers and Patients stranded in different parts of the country back to Kargil from Red Zones and in order to contain the spread of Covid 19 in the district CMO Kargil has directed all the BMOs to conduct compulsory Swap Sampling of all the Students coming from Red Zone areas from other parts of India and Random sampling of Students coming from orange and Green Zone.</span><br />