STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir registered 269 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the infection tally in the union territory to 4,76,444 while no fresh death due to the Coronavirus was reported, officials said here.
As many as 51 cases were reported from Jammu division and 218 cases from Kashmir valley, they said.
The death toll due to the virus was 4,779 as no fresh death was reported from the union territory, the officials said.
There are 2,213 active cases of the disease in the union territory, while the number of recoveries has reached 4,69,452, they said.
The officials said there were 51 confirmed cases of mucormycosis (black fungus).
Meanwhile, Ladakh has reported seven new cases of coronavirus, taking the infection tally to 29,158, officials said.
Ten patients, including eight from Leh and two from Kargil, were cured and discharged from hospitals, they said.
With this, the total recoveries stand at 28,858, they said.
Of the new cases, six were reported from Leh and one from Kargil, officials said.
So far, 229 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Ladakh. Of these, 169 deaths were reported from Leh and 60 from Kargil, according to the officials.
The number of active COVID-19 cases has gone up to 71 in Ladakh — 64 from Leh and 7 from Kargil.
