STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported no new deaths due to coronavirus on Saturday, while 47 fresh cases took the total number of infected people to 4,53,214, officials said.
Out of the fresh cases, 30 were from the Jammu division and 17 from the Kashmir division, they said.
The officials said Jammu district recorded the highest of 18 cases followed by six in Srinagar district. Eight of the 20 districts in the Union territory did not report any fresh cases.
There are 380 active cases in the union territory, while the number of recovered patients was 4,48,085, the officials said.
The death toll in the union territory due to the pandemic remained unchanged at 4,749 as no fresh death was reported since Friday.
The officials said there were 51 confirmed cases of Mucormycosis (black fungus) in the union territory as no fresh case was reported since last evening.
Meanwhile, Ladakh has reported 11 new coronavirus cases, continuing with the downward trend of new infections, officials said, as the overall tally reached 28,095.
The number of active cases in the union territory dropped to 125 with recovery of 23 more patients in Leh, they said.
According to the officials, there was no COVID-related death in the region, which has so far recorded a total of 228 fatalities linked to the pandemic since its outbreak.
Of the total fatalities, Leh district accounts for the highest 168 deaths followed by 60 in Kargil.
The officials said all the 11 fresh cases were reported in Leh, taking the number of active cases in the district to 123. Kargil, on the other hand, has two active cases.
The total number of recovered patients now stands at 27,742, the officials said.