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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Monday recorded 160 fresh COVID-19 cases that took its infection tally to 3,35,528, while one more fatality pushed the death toll to 4,462, officials said.
Of the fresh cases, 32 were reported from the Jammu division and 128 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, they said.
Srinagar district recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 59, followed by 38 in Baramulla. There are 1,665 active COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir. So far, 3,29,401 patients have recovered from the disease, the officials said.
There were 49 cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) in the union territory. No fresh case has been reported since last evening, they said.
Meanwhile, Ladakh has recorded 16 fresh COVIDcases, taking the tally to 21,327 while the active cases in the Union Territory has come down to 230, officials said.
Ladakh has registered 212 Covid-related deaths — 154 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.
Ten patients were recovered and discharged from a hospital from Leh. The total number of those recovered is 20,885, they said.
All the 16 fresh cases were reported in Leh, the officials said.
A total of 492 sample reports in Ladakh were found negative, they said.
There was no death reported due to Covid in Ladakh on Sunday.
With this, the total number of active COVID-19 cases in Ladakh has gone up to 230, including 219 in Leh and 11 in Kargil district.