STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded 149 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 3,36,386, while three fresh deaths due to the virus were reported in the past 24 hours, officials said.
Out of the fresh cases, 30 were from the Jammu division and 119 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, the officials said.
They said Srinagar district recorded the highest of 42 cases followed by 23 cases in Baramulla district.
There are 1,724 active cases in the union territory, while the number of recovered patients is 3,30,189, the officials said.
The COVID-19 death toll in the union territory is 4,473, as three fresh deaths were reported in the past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the officials said, there were 49 confirmed cases of Mucormycosis (black fungus) in the union territory as no fresh case was reported since last evening.
Meanwhile, thirty-two more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Ladakh, taking the overall virus tally in the union territory to 21,467, officials said.
The count of active cases stands at 243 224 in Leh and 19 in Kargil.
Ladakh has registered 213 Covid-related deaths — 155 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year, the officials said.
They said 2,485 people were tested for COVID-19 in the twin districts on Friday, and 32 of them were found to have contracted the disease.
The officials said 24 more coronavirus patients were discharged from a hospital in Leh, thereby taking the number of recoveries in Ladakh to 21,011, which is 97.87 per cent of the caseload.