Schools closed in Leh as Ladakh reports 71 new COVID-19 cases
All schools in Leh district were closed for 15 days from Saturday after Ladakh reported 71 fresh cases of COVID-19, the highest single-day rise in the past over two months, taking the overall infection tally to 20,702, officials said.
A majority of the new cases were detected from Druk Padma Karpo School Shey, prompting the District Development Commissioner (Leh) Shrikant Balasaheb Suse to notify the school campus as a containment zone to stop further spread of the infection, they said.
Suse, who is also the chairman of Leh district disaster management authority, ordered the closure of all government and private schools in the district for 15 days from September 18 to October 2.
In an order issued late Friday, the district magistrate said the decision was taken in view of reporting ...









