STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 39 new Covid cases on Monday that pushed the infection tally to 4,56,080, officials said.
Of the new cases, 22 cases were reported from the Jammu division and 17 from the Kashmir valley, they said.
The death toll stands at 4,758. No Covid-related death was reported, officials said.
There are 735 active cases, while the overall recoveries have reached 4,50,587, they added. There were 51 confirmed cases of mucormycosis (black fungus), officials said. Meanwhile, Ladakh has reported nine fresh COVID cases during the past 24 hours, taking the overall infection tally of the union territory to 28,570, officials said. All fresh cases were reported in Leh.
So far, 228 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Ladakh. Of these, 168 deaths were reported from Leh and 60 from Kargil, according to the officials.
The officials said that there are total 57 active cases in Ladakh, all of which are in Leh. A total of 129 samples were tested in Ladakh, of which 120 cases, comprising 96 in Leh and 24 in Kargil, came out negative, they said.
Total 48 people were discharged in the last 24 hrs after being cured.
With this, the total number of recoveries in the union territory has gone to 28,285, the officials said. As many as 2,308 passengers were screened at the Leh airport while 1,486 people were screened at Khaltse, and 230 at Upshi check post on highway, they added.