India News | J-K Records 8 Covid Cases in a Day
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded eight fresh Covid infections, taking the tally of cases to 4,54,139 while no death was reported in a day, officials said.
Srinagar, May 14 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded eight fresh Covid infections, taking the tally of cases to 4,54,139 while no death was reported in a day, officials said.
All the fresh cases were reported from the Jammu division of the Union Territory, they said. Nineteen of the total 20 districts in the Union territory did not report any fresh cases.
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Jammu and Kashmir currently has 58 active cases while 4,49,330 people have recuperated from the viral disease so far.
The death toll due to Covid stood at 4,751.
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Officials said there were 51 confirmed cases of mucormycosis, commonly known as black fungus, in Jammu and Kashmir as no fresh case was reported since Friday evening.
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