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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded 166 fresh COVID-19 cases that took its tally to 3,24,979, while one more fatality pushed the death toll to 4,406, officials said.
Of the fresh cases, 137 were reported from the Kashmir division and 29 from the Jammu division of the union territory, they said.
Srinagar district recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 77, followed by 16 in Budgam district.
The number of active COVID-19 cases in the union territory stands at 1,211. So far, 3,19,362 patients have recovered from the disease, the officials said.
There are 44 cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) in Jammu and Kashmir. No fresh case has been reported since last evening, they said.
Meanwhile, Ladakh’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 20,530 after detection of eight new cases, while 10 Coronavirus patients were discharged bringing down the number of active cases in the union territory to 64, officials said.
Ladakh has registered 207 Covid-related deaths so far 149 in Leh district and 58 in Kargil district since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.
The official said a total of 4,471 persons were tested for COVID-19 and eight of them, four each in Leh and Kargil, returned positive.
Ten patients were discharged from Leh hospital after successful treatment, taking the tally of cured patients to 20,259, they said, adding of the active cases, 45 are in Leh and 19 in Kargil.