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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Monday recorded 104 fresh cases of coronavirus, taking the total number of infected people to 4,52,410, while one death due to the virus was reported in the past 24 hours, officials said.
Out of the fresh cases, 85 were from the Jammu division and 19 from the Kashmir division of the Union territory, they said.
The officials said Doda district recorded the highest of 29 cases followed by 24 cases in Kishtwar.
There are 1,692 active cases in the Union territory, while the number of recovered patients IS 4,45,971, they said.
The death toll due to the pandemic stands at 4,747.
Officials said there were 51 confirmed cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) in the Union territory as no fresh case was reported since Sunday evening.
Meanwhile, Ladakh has reported 34 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the overall caseload in the Union Territory to 27,835 while the active cases gone down to 341, officials said.
Since the coronavirus outbreak in 2020, the Union Territory has recorded 228 Covid-related deaths — 168 in Leh and 60 in Kargil, they said. There was no death reported from Ladakh on Sunday, they said.
As many as 91 patients were cured and discharged from hospitals in Ladakh. Of these, 67 were discharged in Leh and 24 in Kargil, they said.
With these, the total number of cured patients is 27,266, they said.
Of the total of 34 fresh cases from Union territory, 31 such cases were reported from Leh district and 3 from Kargil district, they said.