STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported seven new Covid cases on Tuesday that took the infection tally to 4,54,290, officials said.
Of the new cases, six were from Jammu district while one was detected in Baramulla district, they said.
There are 55 active cases while the overall recoveries have reached 4,49,483, officials said.
The COVID-19 death toll stands at 4,752. No Covid-related fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, they said. There were 51 confirmed cases of mucormycosis (black fungus), officials added.
Meanwhile, Ladakh has reported one fresh COVID-19 case that pushed its tally to 28,272, officials said. The latest case was detected in Leh, they said.
The death toll remained unchanged at 228 — 168 deaths from Leh and 60 from Kargil. There are seven active COVID-19 cases in Ladakh. So far, 28,038 patients have recovered from the viral disease in the union territory, the officials said.