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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday recorded 100 fresh COVID-19 cases that took its tally to 4,52,647, while one more fatality pushed the death toll to 4,748, officials said.
Of the fresh cases, 70 were reported from the Jammu division and 30 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, they said.
Jammu district recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 29, followed by 25 in Doda.
There are 1,365 active COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir. So far, 4,46,534 people have recovered from the viral disease, the officials said.
There are 51 mucormycosis (black fungus) cases in the union territory. No fresh case has been reported since last evening, they said.
Meanwhile thirty-five more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Ladakh, pushing the infection tally to 27,902 in the Union Territory, even as the number of active cases fell off to 305, officials said.
They said Ladakh has recorded 228 coronavirus-related deaths so far, comprising 168 fatalities in Leh and 60 in Kargil.
No death due to COVID-19 was reported from the Union Territory on Tuesday, the officials said.
On the bright side, 51 more patients recovered from the virus and were discharged from hospitals in Ladakh. Of these, 43 were discharged in Leh and eight in Kargil, they said.
The number of COVID-19 recoveries has reached 27,369 in Ladakh, they said. Of the total of 35 fresh cases from Union territory, all such cases were reported from Leh district, according to the officials.
A total of 1,519 sample reports in Ladakh were found coronavirus negative, they said. Of the total active COVID-19 cases in Ladakh, Leh accounts for 268 and Kargil district 37.