STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 123 fresh coronavirus cases and one death on Monday, taking the number of infections and fatalities to 3,20,024 and 4,365 respectively, officials said.
Of the new cases, 51 were from the Jammu division and 72 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, they said.
Srinagar recorded the highest number of cases at 33, followed by 17 in Jammu and 15 in Doda district.
While Kathua and Samba had no fresh cases, the number of fresh cases in 15 other districts remained in single digit, they said.
The number of active cases dropped to 1,773 as 3,13,886 people have recovered from the infection so far, they added.
They said there were 34 confirmed cases of Mucormycosis (black fungus) in the UT as one fresh case was reported in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, Ladakh recorded 11 new Covid cases while as many patients were discharged, pushing the respective overall tally to 20,257 infections and 19,948 recoveries, officials said.
Out of the total cases, eight were reported from Leh and three from Kargil.
Of the total 11 recoveries, five were from Leh and six from Kargil, they said.
The number of active cases has come down to 103 — 84 in Leh and 19 are in Kargil, the officials said.
No Covid-linked death has been reported from Ladakh for the past several days.
The death toll currently stands at 206, with the worst-hit Leh accounting for 148 fatalities and Kargil 58, they said.