STATE TIMES NEWS Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 99 COVID-19 cases and zero daily deaths due to the disease on Wednesday, taking the infection tally in the union territory to 3,32,457, officials said. Eighteen of the cases are from Jammu division and the rest from Kashmir division, they said. The officials said Srinagar district recorded the highest number of 48 new cases, followed by Ganderbal with 12. There are 946 active cases in the union territory at present, while the number of recoveries stands at 3,27,172, the officials said. The death toll in the union territory due to the pandemic stands at 4,438. There were 49 confirmed cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) in the union territory currently, the officials added. Meanwhile, eight more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Ladakh, taking the tally to 20,979, while the number of active cases in the Union Territory reached 81, officials said. Ladakh has registered 208 coronavirus-related deaths — 150 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. No new Covid-linked fatality has been reported in Ladakh, the officials said. Three coronavirus patients in Leh were discharged from hospital, bringing the recovery count to 20,690, they said. All of the fresh COVID-19 cases were reported in Leh, while 475 samples in Ladakh tested negative for the disease, the officials said. Leh accounts for 76 of the total active novel coronavirus in Ladakh, while the remaining five such cases are in Kargil district, they said.
