Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 696 fresh COVID-19 cases, while nine more deaths took place in the past 24 hours, taking the number of cases to 81,793 and the death toll to 1,291 on Thursday, officials said.
Of the new cases, 276 were registered in Jammu and 420 in the Kashmir valley, the officials said.
Srinagar district reported a maximum of 186 fresh COVID-19 cases, followed by 89 in Jammu district, they said.
The Union Territory has 11,482 active cases of the novel coronavirus, while 69,020 patients have recovered from the infection so far, the officials said.
Seven of the new fatalities linked to COVID-19 were recorded in Jammu and two in the Valley, they said.
Providing district-wise breakup, the officials said that Srinagar has 16164 positive cases (including 186 cases reported today) with 1776 Active Positive, 14078 recovered (including 133 cases recovered today), 310 deaths; Baramulla has 4761 positive cases (including 71 cases reported today) with 1448 Active Positive, 3187 recovered (including 30 cases recovered today), 126 deaths; Pulwama reported 4169 positive cases (including 22 cases reported today) with 352 active positive cases, 3745 recovered (including 36 cases recovered today), 72 deaths; Kulgam has 2317 positive cases (including 07 cases reported today) with 86 Active Positive, 2188 recoveries (including 12 cases recovered today), 43 deaths; Shopian has 2079 positive cases (including 04 cases reported today) with 151 Active Positive, 1896 recovered (including 13 cases recovered today), 32 deaths; Anantnag district has 3707 positive cases (including 21 cases reported today) with 313 Active Positive, 3325 recovered (including 22 cases recovered today), 69 deaths; Budgam has 5263 positive cases (including 52 cases reported today) with 766 Active Positive and 4408 recovered (including 51 cases recovered today), 89 deaths; Kupwara has 3827 positive cases (including 15 cases reported today) with 643 Active Positive, 3114 recovered (including 38 cases recovered today), 70 deaths; Bandipora has 3646 positive cases (including 18 cases reported today) with 398 Active Positive, 3207 recovered (including 24 cases reported today), 41 deaths and Ganderbal has 3075 positive cases (including 24 cases reported today) with 265 active positive cases, 2780 recoveries (including 16 cases recovered today) and 30 deaths.
In Jammu division, the Jammu district has 14950 positive cases (including 89 cases reported today) with 1610 active positive cases, 13128 recoveries (including 471 cases recovered today), 212 deaths; Rajouri has 2921 positive cases (including 34 cases reported today) with 527 active positive cases, 2355 recovered (including 22 cases recovered today), 39 deaths; Ramban has 1430 positive cases (including 08 cases reported today) with 116 active positive, 1303 recoveries (including 15 cases recovered today), 11 deaths; Kathua has 2218 positive cases (including 43 cases reported today) with 139 Active positive, 2051 recovered (including 17 cases recovered today), 28 deaths; Udhampur has 2443 positive cases (including 17 cases reported today) with 312 active positive cases, 2109 recovered (including 48 cases recovered today), 22 deaths; Samba has 1926 positive cases (including 11 cases reported today) with 471 Active Positive, 1431 recoveries (including 61 cases recovered today), 24 deaths; Doda has 2371 positive cases (including 10 cases reported today) with 829 active positive cases, 1504 recoveries (including 81 cases recovered today), 38 deaths; Poonch has 1957 positive cases (including 47 cases reported today) with 826 active positive, 1113 recoveries (including 70 cases reported today), 18 deaths; Reasi has 1098 positive cases (including 02 cases reported today) with 194 active positive, 898 recoveries (including 87 cases recovered today) and 06 deaths while Kishtwar has 1471 positive cases (including 15 cases reported today) with 260 active positive cases and 1200 recoveries (including 89 cases reported today) and 11 deaths.
