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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 166 fresh Covid cases on Friday, taking the infection tally to 3,24,813, while the Union Territory registered first death due to the virus in the past three days, officials said.
Out of the fresh cases, 44 were from the Jammu division and 122 from the Kashmir division, the officials said.
Srinagar district recorded a maximum of 57 cases followed by 19 cases in Budgam district.
There are 1,149 active cases in the Union Territory, while 3,19,259 patients have recovered from the infection so far, the officials said.
The death toll due to the disease was 4,405 as one new fatality was reported in the past 24 hours.
The officials said there were 44 confirmed cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) in the Union Territory as no fresh case was reported since last evening.
Meanwhile, with seven fresh cases, Ladakh’s COVID-19 tally has climbed to 20,522, of which 66 cases are of active, officials said.
Five coronavirus patients were discharged from hospitals in the Union Territory in the last 24 hours, they added.
Ladakh has registered 207 Covid-related deaths — 149 in Leh district and 58 in Kargil district — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.
Five Covid patients — three from Leh and two from Kargil — were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of cured patients to 20,249, the officials said.
Of the seven fresh cases, three were reported in Leh and four in Kargil, they said, adding that 1,828 sample reports were found negative in the last 24 hours.
No death due to the viral disease was reported in the Union Territory in the said period. Of the 66 active cases in the Union Territory, 51 are in Leh and 15 in Kargil.