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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 144 fresh cases of coronavirus on Saturday, raising its tally to 3,24,095, while no death took place in the past 24 hours, officials said.
Of the new cases, 47 were reported from the Jammu division and 97 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, they said.
The officials said Srinagar district recorded the highest number of 31 cases, followed by 19 cases in Anantnag district.
The number of active cases in the UT is 1,159, while 3,18,535 patients have recovered so far, they said.
The death toll in the union territory stands at 4,401.
The officials said there were 43 confirmed cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) in the union territory and no fresh case was reported since Friday evening.
Meanwhile, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Ladakh climbed to 20,483 as three more people tested positive for the disease in the union territory, officials said.
With 12 more patients recovering from the disease, the number of active cases dropped to 72, they said.
So far, Ladakh has recorded 207 Covid-related deaths — 149 in Leh and 58 in Kargil. The officials said over 3,300 people were tested for COVID-19 in Leh and Kargil on Friday. Of these, two tested positive in Leh and one in Kargil.
Of the 72 active cases, 65 are in Leh and seven in Kargil, they said.
So far, 20,204 patients have recovered from COVID-19 in Ladakh, they said.