STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday recorded 771 fresh Covid cases that took the infection tally to 4,48,105, while seven more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,728, officials said.
Of the fresh cases, 408 were from the Jammu division and 363 from the Kashmir division, they said.
Jammu district recorded the highest 238 cases followed by 172 cases in Srinagar district.
There are 12,358 active cases in the Union Territory, they said, adding that the overall recoveries has reached 4,31,019.
The death toll reached 4,728 after seven new fatalities were reported in the past 24 hours, officials said.
There were 51 confirmed cases of Mucormycosis (black fungus) in the Union Territory. No fresh case was reported since last evening, officials added.
Meanwhile, Ladakh has reported 50 fresh coronavirus cases that took its infection tally to 26,992, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 30 were reported from Leh district and 20 from Kargil district, they said.
The death toll remained unchanged at 226. Of the total deaths so far, 167 were reported from Leh and 59 from Kargil.
The number of active cases in the union territory came down to 882 — 543 in Leh and 339 in Kargil — from 987 the day before, the officials said.
As many as 155 more patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from coronavirus. Of these, 67 were discharged in Leh and 88 in Kargil, they said.
With these, the total number of recoveries has reached 25,884, they added.
Reports of 494 samples came back negative for coronavirus in Ladakh, the officials said.