156 more test positive for COVID-19 in J&K
Among infected, 80 recently returned to the UT
Srinagar: 156 fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported from Jammu and Kashmir on Friday taking the total number of infected people to 4,730.
.Out of the total cases reported today, 88 were from Jammu and 68 from the Kashmir region. These cases include 80 people who recently returned to the union territory, the officials said.
Shopian district in south Kashmir had the highest number of cases at 38 followed by Kathua which had 26. There were no fresh cases in three districts — Bandipora, Ganderbal and Udhampur, they said
With these fresh cases, there are 4,730 total infected people in Jammu and Kashmir.
“Of these, 3,633 are in Kashmir while 1,097 are in the Jammu region,” the officials said.
There are 2,591 active cases in the union territory – 1,853 in Kashmir and 738 in Jammu — while 2,086 patients have recovered, they said.
The UT has witnessed 53 COVID-19 related deaths.
Providing district-wise breakup, the officials said that Bandipora has 233 positive cases with 59 Active Positive, 173 recovered (including 08 cases recovered today), 01 death; Srinagar has 502 positive cases (including 05 cases reported today) with 334 Active Positive, 156 recovered (including 05 cases recovered today), 12 deaths; Anantnag district has 483 positive cases (including 01 case reported today), with 140 Active Positive, 338 recovered (including 23 cases recovered today), 05 deaths; Baramulla has 504 positive cases (including 07 cases reported today) with 330 Active Positive, 164 recovered (including 02 case recovered today), 10 deaths; Shopian has 478 positive cases (including 38 cases reported today) with 249 Active Positive, 225 recovered (including 54 cases recovered today) and 04 deaths; Kupwara has 381 positive cases (including 05 cases reported today) with 105 Active Positive, 273 recovered (including 27 cases recovered today) and 03 deaths; Budgam has 220 positive cases (including 06 cases reported today), with 111 Active Positive and 107 recovered cases (including 27 cases recovered today) and 02 deaths; Ganderbal has 59 positive cases with 23 active positive cases and 36 recoveries (including 04 cases recovered today); Kulgam has 570 positive cases (including 02 cases reported today), with 334 Active Positive and 228 recoveries (including 60 cases recovered today) and 08 deaths and Pulwama reported 203 positive cases (including 04 cases reported today) with 168 active positive cases and 33 recovered (including 01 case recovered today) and 02 deaths.
Similarly, Jammu has 261 positive cases (including 08 cases reported today) with 141 active positive cases and 117 recoveries (including 10 cases recovered today) and 03 deaths; Udhampur has 153 positive cases with 115 active positive cases, 37 recovered (including 02 cases recovered today) and 01 death; Samba has 83 positive cases (including 14 cases reported today) with 55 Active Positive and 28 recoveries; Rajouri has 60 positive cases (including 02 cases reported today) with 47 active positive cases and 12 recovered and 01 death; Kathua has 149 positive cases (including 26 cases reported today) with 90 Active positive and 59 recovered (including 10 cases recovered today); Kishtwar has 22 positive cases (including 01 case reported today) with 18 active positive cases and 04 recovered; Ramban has 193 positive cases (including 21 cases reported today) with 156 active positive and 37 recoveries (including 14 cases reported today); Reasi has 24 positive cases (including 01 case reported today) with 13 active positive and 11 recovered (including 01 case recovered today), Poonch has 103 positive cases (including 12 cases reported today) with 75 active positive and 28 recoveries while Doda has 49 positive cases (including 03 cases reported today) with 28 active positive cases and 20 recoveries (including 18 cases recovered today) and 01 death.
