STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported four new Covid cases on Sunday that took the infection tally to 4,54,047, officials said.
Of the new cases, two each were reported from Jammu and Srinagar districts, they said.
There are 66 active cases while the overall recoveries has reached 4,49,230, officials said. The COVID-19 death toll stands at 4,751. 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’s coronavirus tally remained unchanged at 28,246 as no new infection was reported in the Union Territory in the past 24 hours, officials said.
With one more patient recovering from the infection during the same period, the number of active cases went down to three in Leh district, while Kargil district has already become coronavirus-free, the officials said.
According to officials, no virus-linked death took place on Saturday as the death toll from the pandemic also remained unchanged at 228 with 168 in Leh and 60 in Kargil. The number of recoveries has gone up to 28,015 in Ladakh, they said.
