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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 687 fresh COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking the infection count to 3,44,652, while three deaths linked to the disease were reported from the Union Territory in the past 24 hours, officials said.
Of the fresh cases, 437 were from the Jammu division and 250 from the Kashmir division, the officials said. They said Jammu district recorded a maximum of 292 new cases, followed by 131 cases in Srinagar district.
There are 3,531 active cases in the Union Territory, while the number of recoveries stands at 3,36,581, the officials said.
The new fatalities raised the death toll from the pandemic to 4,540 in Jammu and Kashmir.
Meanwhile, Ladakh’s COVID-19 caseload increased to 22,472 as 59 more people tested positive for the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said.
All the new cases were reported from Leh district, while no fresh death was reported in the Union Territory, the officials said.
According to the officials, the death toll stands at 221 with 163 fatalities in Leh and 58 in Kargil.
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Ladakh has gone up to 281 244 in Leh and 37 in Kargil from 241 a day earlier, the officials said.
Nineteen patients were discharged from hospitals in Leh during the past 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries in Ladakh to 21,970, they said.
The officials said the total positivity rate of Ladakh stands at 3.7 per cent.