STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 93 fresh cases of coronavirus on Monday, taking the number of infected persons to 3,24,295, while one fresh death was reported in the union territory in the last 24 hours, officials said.
Out of the fresh cases, 43 were from the Jammu division and 50 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, the officials said.
They said Doda district recorded the highest number of 28 cases, followed by 12 cases in Srinagar district.
The number of active cases was 1,054 in the union territory, while 3,18,838 patients have recovered so far, the officials said.
The death toll in the union territory due to the pandemic was 4,403 as one fresh death was reported in the past 24 hours.
The officials said, there were 43 confirmed cases of Mucormycosis (black fungus) in the union territory as no fresh case was reported since Sunday evening.
Meanwhile, no new COVID-19 case was reported from Ladakh where seven people were cured from the infection, taking the overall recoveries so far to 20,223, officials said.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Ladakh stands at 20,491, they said, adding the number of active cases in the union territory stands at 61 — 55 in Leh and six in Kargil district.
Officials said no new Covid case was reported in Ladakh on Sunday.
The death toll due to COVID-19 in Ladakh stands at 207 — 149 in Leh and 58 in Kargil, officials said.
A total of 1,637 sample reports, including 716 from Leh and 921 from Kargil, were found negative, they said.
No Covid-related death was recorded in Ladakh on Sunday.
All the patients who were discharged after recovering from the infection were from Leh, officials said.