STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday recorded six new COVID-19 cases that pushed its tally to 4,53,658, while no fresh death due to the viral disease was reported, officials said.
The death toll stands at 4,750.
Of the fresh cases, two were reported from the Jammu division and four from the Kashmir division of the union territory, the officials said.
Jammu and Srinagar districts recorded the highest number of fresh cases at two each. Sixteen of the total 22 districts of the union territory did not report any fresh cases.
There are 134 active COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir. So far, 4,48,774 people have recovered, the officials said.
Meanwhile, the overall COVID-19 infection tally remained unchanged at 28,218 in Ladakh as no new case was reported, officials said.
The recovery of four patients during the past 24 hours has brought down the number of active cases in Leh district to 18, while Kargil 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 overall recoveries has gone up to 27,972, the officials said.