STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 30 fresh Covid cases on Sunday that took the infection tally to 4,53,889, officials said.
No Covid-related fatality was reported in the past 24 hours, they said, adding that the death toll remains at 4,750. All the new cases were recorded from the Kashmir division, officials said.
Srinagar district recorded 29 cases, while one infection was recorded in Baramulla, officials said.
Eighteen of the total 22 districts in the Union territory did not report any new case. There are 92 active cases while the overall recoveries have reached 4,49,047, officials said. Meanwhile, with no fresh case reported in a 24-hour period, Ladakh’s COVID-19 tally remained unchanged at 28,232, officials said. Over 2,700 tests were conducted to detect the viral disease in the twin districts of Leh and Kargil on Saturday and all the results returned negative, they added. The Union Territory currently has nine active cases of the infection — six in Leh and three in Kargil — the officials said.
Ladakh has recorded a total of 228 COVID-19 deaths — 168 in Leh and 60 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic.
A total of 27,995 patients have recovered from the disease in the Union Territory, the officials said.