STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 452 fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday, raising the tally in the Union territory to 4,70,201, officials said.
While 94 cases were reported from the Jammu division, 358 cases were reported from the Kashmir Valley, they said.
The death toll due to the disease stands at 4,776 as no fresh fatality was reported in the past 24 hours, the officials said.
There are 5,045 active cases in the Union territory, while the number of recoveries has reached 4,60,380, they said.
Meanwhile, Ladakh reported 21 fresh cases of Coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the union territory’s overall infection tally to 29,004, officials said.
As per officials, so far, 228 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Ladakh.
Of these, 168 deaths were reported from Leh and 60 from Kargil.
The officials said the number of active COVID-19 cases has gone down to 113 in Ladakh — 103 from Leh and 10 from Kargil.
While a total of 285 sample reports were tested in Ladakh, 217 sample reports in Leh and 47 sample reports in Kargil were found to be negative.
Of the total 18 people discharged from hospital in Ladakh, 15 were discharged from Leh and 3 from Kargil.
With this, the total number of recoveries in the union territory now stands at 28,663, the officials added.
