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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 95 fresh Covid cases, taking the infection tally to 3,32,249 while no new death due to the virus was reported from the Union Territory in the 24 hours ending at 5 pm on Sunday, officials said.
Out of the 95 fresh cases, six were from the Jammu division and 89 from the Kashmir division, they said.
Srinagar district recorded the highest number of 49 cases followed by 10 cases each in Baramulla and Budgam districts.
There are 902 active cases in the Union Territory, while the number of recovered patients was 3,26,915, the officials said.
The death toll in the Union Territory remained at 4,432 as no fresh fatality was reported in the past 24 hours.
The officials said there were 49 confirmed cases of Mucormycosis (black fungus) in the Union Territory as no fresh case was reported since Saturday evening.
Meanwhile, ten persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Ladakh, taking the overall virus tally in the Union Territory to 20,951 and the active cases to 65, officials said on Sunday.
Ladakh has registered 208 Covid-related deaths — 150 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.
The officials said 1,619 people were tested for COVID-19 in the twin districts on Saturday and 10 of them returned positive for the disease. They included nine in Leh and one in Kargil.
Three coronavirus infected patients were discharged from a hospital in Leh, taking the number of recoveries in Ladakh to 20,678, they said, adding after the fresh recoveries, the number of active cases stands at 65 with 60 in Leh and five in Kargil.
The officials said no COVID-related death was reported in Ladakh on Saturday.