141 new Covid cases, 1 death in J&K

Srinagar, December 24

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J&K on Friday recorded 141 fresh Covid cases, taking the infected number of persons to 3,40,434 while one fresh death due to the virus was reported from the Union Territory in the past 24 hours, officials said.

Of the fresh cases, 23 were from the Jammu division and 118 from the Kashmir division. They said Srinagar district recorded the highest of 58 cases followed by 14 cases in Jammu district. There are 1,317 active cases in the UT, while the recovered patients are 3,34,598, officials said.

The death toll due to the pandemic has reached 4,519 with the addition of one death in the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, officials said there were 50 confirmed cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) in the Union Territory. — PTI