Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported nine more COVID-19 deaths on Monday, taking their number to 321 as 470 new cases of the infection took the tally in the Union territory to 18,390.
Of the fresh cases, 161 are from Jammu region and 309 are in the Kashmir Valley, officials said.
“Nine people, who were COVID-19 positive, have died over the past 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir,” they said, adding all of them were reported from the Kashmir Valley.
Of the 321 fatalities reported in the Union territory, 298 were from the Valley and 23 were from the Jammu region, the officials said.
There are now 7,667 active cases in Jammu and Kashmir, while 10,402 patients have recovered from the infection, they added.
The new cases detected on Monday include 79 people who had returned to the Union territory recently.
The officials said Srinagar district in central Kashmir recorded the highest of 132 new positive cases, followed by 53 in Anantnag.
Providing district-wise breakup, the officials said that Bandipora has 652 positive cases (including 20 cases reported today) with 225 Active Positive, 418 recovered (including 08 cases recovered today) and 09 deaths; Srinagar has 4133 positive cases (including 132 cases reported today) with 2384 Active Positive, 1655 recovered (including 72 cases recovered today), 94 deaths; Anantnag district has 1229 positive cases (including 53 cases reported today) with 284 Active Positive, 924 recovered (including 122 cases recovered today), 21 deaths; Baramulla has 1784 positive cases (including 11 cases reported today) with 553 Active Positive, 1168 recovered (including 04 cases reported today), 63 deaths; Shopian has 1391 positive cases (including 01 case reported today) with 437 Active Positive, 934 recovered (including 37 cases reported today) and 20 deaths; Kupwara has 1041 positive cases (including 06 cases reported today) with 295 Active Positive, 729 recovered (including 55 cases recovered today) and 17 deaths; Budgam has 1151 positive cases (including 23 cases reported today) with 478 Active Positive and 650 recovered cases (including 39 cases recovered today) and 23 deaths; Ganderbal has 351 positive cases (including 02 cases reported today) with 146 active positive cases and 199 recoveries (including 02 cases recovered today) and 06 deaths; Kulgam has 1468 positive cases (including 23 cases reported today) with 458 Active Positive and 984 recoveries (including 12 cases recovered today) and 26 deaths and Pulwama reported 1257 positive cases (including 38 cases reported today) with 617 active positive cases and 621 recovered (including 11 cases recovered today) and 19 deaths.
Similarly, Jammu has 897 positive cases (including 37 cases reported today) with 387 active positive cases and 495 recoveries (including 09 cases recovered today) and 15 deaths; Udhampur has 409 positive cases (including 15 cases reported today) with 109 active positive cases, 299 recovered and 01 death; Samba has 386 positive cases (including 12 cases reported today) with 173 Active Positive and 212 recoveries (including 10 cases reported today) and 01 death; Rajouri has 577 positive cases (including 20 cases reported today) with 395 active positive cases and 180 recovered (including 57 cases recovered today) and 02 deaths; Kathua has 475 positive cases (including 10 cases reported today) with 159 Active positive and 315 recovered (including 13 cases recovered today) and 01 death; Kishtwar has 129 positive cases (including 23 cases reported today) with 78 active positive cases and 51 recovered (including 14 cases recovered today); Ramban has 502 positive cases (including 15 cases reported today) with 250 active positive and 252 recoveries (including 03 cases recovered today); Reasi has 114 positive cases (including 11 cases reported today) with 59 active positive and 55 recovered; Poonch has 187 positive cases (including 03 cases reported today) with 49 active positive and 137 recoveries and 01 death while Doda has 257 positive cases (including 15 cases reported today) with 131 active positive cases and 124 recoveries (including 06 cases recovered today) and 02 deaths.
