STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reported 20 fresh cases of COVID-19, taking the infection tally in the union territory to 4,53,813, officials said here.
Of the fresh cases, five were from Jammu and the rest from Kashmir division, they said.
Fifteen of the total 22 districts in the union territory did not report any fresh case.
There are 167 active cases of the disease in the union territory, while the number of recoveries has reached 4,48,896, the officials said.
The COVID-19 death toll in the union territory stands at 4,750 as no fresh fatality was reported in the last 24 hours. The officials said there were 51 confirmed cases of mucormycosis (black fungus).
Meanwhile, one person tested positive for COVID-19 in Ladakh, taking the infection tally to 28,224 in the Union Territory, officials said.
The detection of the new case in Leh raised the number of active cases in the district to six, the officials said.
There are no COVID-19 case in the Kargil district which was declared coronavirus-free last week. According to officials, no virus-linked fatality took place on Saturday as the death toll from the pandemic remained unchanged at 228 168 in Leh and 60 in Kargil. The number of recoveries stands at 27,990, the officials said.