Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Monday recorded 182 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of persons infected by coronavirus in the Union Territory to 5,223, officials said.
Among the 182 fresh cases, 79 are from various battalions of the CRPF posted in Kashmir, the officials said.
While 28 cases have surfaced in the Jammu region, 75 people who tested positive for the virus are residents of the Valley, the officials said.
The cases detected on Monday included 28 persons who had returned to the Union Territory recently.
Shopian district, in south Kashmir, had the highest number of fresh cases – 19, followed by Srinagar at 16, the officials said.
Four districts – Anantnag, Doda, Rajouri and Poonch – had no fresh cases, they said.
Of the total 5,223 cases, 4032 are in Kashmir, while 1191 are in the Jammu region, the officials said.
“237765 travelers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been enlisted for surveillance which included 40769 persons in home quarantine including facilities operated by government, 32 in Hospital Quarantine, 2554 in hospital isolation and 49103 under home surveillance. Besides, 145245 persons have completed their surveillance period,” said the officials.
Providing district-wise breakup, the officials said that Bandipora has 242 positive cases (including 03 cases reported today) with 47 Active Positive, 194 recovered (including 20 cases recovered today), 01 death; Srinagar has 539 positive cases (including 15 cases reported today) with 367 Active Positive, 158 recovered, 14 deaths; Anantnag district has 569 positive cases (including 79 cases reported today), with 179 Active Positive, 385 recovered (including 09 cases recovered today), 05 deaths; Baramulla has 521 positive cases (including 06 cases reported today) with 287 Active Positive, 223 recovered (including 57 cases recovered today), 11 deaths; Shopian has 557 positive cases (including 19 cases reported today) with 248 Active Positive, 304 recovered (including 10 cases recovered today) and 05 deaths; Kupwara has 407 positive cases (including 10 cases reported today) with 114 Active Positive, 288 recovered (including 01 case recovered today) and 05 deaths; Budgam has 245 positive cases (including 06 cases reported today), with 129 Active Positive and 112 recovered cases and 04 deaths; Ganderbal has 63 positive cases (including 02 cases reported today) with 09 active positive cases and 54 recoveries (including 14 cases recovered today); Kulgam has 634 positive cases (including 03 cases reported today), with 228 Active Positive and 398 recoveries (including 60 cases recovered today) and 08 deaths and Pulwama reported 252 positive cases (including 08 cases reported today) with 190 active positive cases and 60 recovered (including 27 cases recovered today) and 02 deaths.
Similarly, Jammu has 279 positive cases (including 06 cases reported today) with 136 active positive cases and 139 recoveries (including 02 cases recovered today) and 04 deaths; Udhampur has 165 positive cases (including 07 cases reported today) with 125 active positive cases, 39 recovered and 01 death; Samba has 105 positive cases (including 06 cases reported today) with 75 Active Positive and 30 recoveries (including 01 case recovered today); Rajouri has 66 positive cases with 53 active positive cases and 12 recovered and 01 death; Kathua has 160 positive cases (including 01 case reported today) with 84 Active positive and 76 recovered (including 05 cases recovered today); Kishtwar has 23 positive cases (including 01 case reported today) with 16 active positive cases and 07 recovered (including 03 cases recovered today); Ramban has 199 positive cases (including 04 cases reported today) with 142 active positive and 57 recoveries (including 02 cases recovered today); Reasi has 27 positive cases (including 03 cases reported today) with 16 active positive and 11 recovered, Poonch has 104 positive cases with 71 active positive and 33 recoveries (including 03 cases recovered today) while Doda has 63 positive cases with 38 active positive cases and 24 recoveries (including 01 case recovered today) and 01 death.
