Srinagar, Aug 18 (IANS) Recoveries continued to remain ahead of new Covid cases in J&K on Wednesday with 132 recovering while 100 new cases and one death were reported during the last 24 hours.

Officials said 32 discharges from hospitals, 26 cases, and one death were reported from the Jammu division, and 100 discharges, and 74 cases from the Kashmir division.

One more case of black fungus was reported, taking the total to 43.

As many as 323,682 people have been infected with coronavirus in J&K, out of which 318,157 have recovered, while 4,400 have succumbed.

Active cases stand at 1,125, out of which 466 are from the Jammu division, and 659 from the Kashmir division.

--IANS sq/vd