Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday reported 54 new cases of COVID-19, taking the overall infection tally in the union territory to 4,54,677, officials said here.
While the Jammu division reported 35 cases, Kashmir Valley recorded 19, they said.
Providing district-wise breakup for positive cases, they informed that Jammu district reported 32 cases, Srinagar reported 16 cases, Doda and Ganderbal reported two cases each, Pulwama and Ramban reported one case each, while no other district reported any fresh case.
The death toll due to the virus in the union territory stood at 4,755 as no fatality was reported in the past 24 hrs, they said. So far the infection has claimed 2,425 lives in Kashmir division and 2,330 in Jammu division.
Currently there are 250 active cases of COVID-19 in the union territory – 158 in Jammu division and 92 in Kashmir, they said.
Meanwhile, the number of recoveries till Friday stand at 4,49,672. This also includes 24 persons — 18 from Jammu division and six from Kashmir — who were discharged from various hospitals in the last 24 hours after their recuperation.
Total 51 confirmed cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) have been reported in the union territory so far, they added.
