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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 166 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, taking the infection tally to 3,25,419 while the Union Territory registered one more Covid-related death in the last 24 hours, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 18 were from the Jammu division and 148 from the Kashmir division, they said. Srinagar district recorded the highest number of 74 cases followed by 27 cases in Baramulla district, they said. The number of active cases rose to 1,330 while 3,19,681 patients have recovered so far, officials said. The death toll due to the pandemic rose to 4,408 as one more death was reported in the last 24 hours.
There are 45 confirmed cases of Mucormycosis (black fungus) in the Union Territory as one fresh case was reported since last evening, they said.
Meanwhile, Ladakh has recorded four fresh Covid cases, taking the infection tally to 20,555, while the death toll remained at 207 as no new fatality was reported in the past 24 hours, officials said.
The Union Territory has registered 207 Covid-related deaths — 149 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. At present, there are 71 active cases in Ladakh, while 20,277 people have recovered from the infection so far.
Of the four fresh cases, two were reported in Leh and two in Kargil.
A total of 2,122 samples in Ladakh, including 780 from Leh and 1,338 from Kargil, tested negative for Covid, the officials said.