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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s COVID-19 caseload climbed to 4,61,947 on Wednesday with 692 fresh infections, while the death toll climbed to 4,765 as two more people succumbed to the viral disease, officials here said.
Of the fresh cases, 261 were reported from the Jammu division and 431 from the Kashmir valley, they said.
There are 4,074 active COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir, the officials said.
So far, 4,53,108 people have recovered from the disease, they said.
Meanwhile Ladakh has reported 21 fresh cases of COVID-19, raising the infection tally to 28,821, officials said.
All the cases were reported from Leh district, they said.
So far, 228 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Ladakh. Of these, 168 deaths were reported from Leh and 60 from Kargil, they said.
There are 150 active Covid cases in Ladakh, including 141 in Leh and nine in Kargil. A total of 23 people were discharged from hospitals — 21 from Leh and two from Kargil — and the total number of recoveries stands at 28,443, they said.
