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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday recorded 152 fresh COVID-19 cases that pushed its infection tally to 4,77,456, officials said.
The death toll remained unchanged at 4,782, they said.
Of the fresh cases, 28 were reported from the Jammu division and 124 from the Kashmir valley, the officials said.
There are 1,549 active COVID-19 cases in the union territory. So far, 4,71,125 people have recovered from the viral disease, they said.
Meanwhile, four more people tested positive for COVID-19 in the Union Territory of Ladakh, taking the infection tally to 29,198, officials said.
Ladakh has so far recorded 230 fatalities linked to the pandemic since its outbreak. Of the total fatalities, Leh accounts for the highest 170 deaths followed by 60 in Kargil.
The officials said a total of 2,563 people, mostly travellers, were screened for the infection in the twin districts on Saturday and the reports of four of them returned positive in Leh.
They said seven patients were discharged from Leh hospital.
With this, the total number of recoveries climbed to 28,913, while the number of active cases dropped to 55 with 52 in Leh and three in Kargil, the officials said.
