J&K records 701 new COVID-19 cases, 12 more deaths
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 701 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally to 85,409 on Wednesday, while 12 more coronavirus fatalities pushed the union territory’s death toll to 1,352, officials said.
Out of the new virus cases, 264 were reported in Jammu division and 437 in Kashmir Valley, they said.
Srinagar district reported the highest number of 163 new COVID-19 cases, followed by 128 in the Jammu district, the officials said.
They said there are 9,739 active cases of the coronavirus in the union territory, while 7,45,318 patients have recovered from the infection.
Of the 12 deaths reported in the past 24 hours, six each were in Jammu region and the Kashmir Valley.
Giving district-wise breakup, the officials said that Srinagar has 17064 positive cases (including 163 cases reported today) with 1770 Active Positive, 14969 recovered (including 109 cases recovered today), 325 deaths; Baramulla has 5033 positive cases (including 70 cases reported today) with 1461 Active Positive, 3440 recovered (including 68 cases recovered today), 132 deaths; Pulwama reported 4316 positive cases (including 26 cases reported today) with 271 active positive cases, 3971 recovered (including 50 cases recovered today), 74 deaths; Kulgam has 2357 positive cases (including 08 cases reported today) with 86 Active Positive, 2228 recoveries (including 06 cases recovered today), 43 deaths; Shopian has 2111 positive cases (including 09 cases reported today) with 111 Active Positive, 1967 recovered (including 03 cases recovered today), 33 deaths; Anantnag district has 3843 positive cases (including 28 cases reported today) with 357 Active Positive, 3416 recovered (including 17 cases recovered today), 70 deaths; Budgam has 5515 positive cases (including 43 cases reported today) with 635 Active Positive and 4790 recovered (including 61 cases recovered today), 90 deaths; Kupwara has 3967 positive cases (including 23 cases reported today) with 601 Active Positive, 3296 recovered (including 39 cases recovered today), 70 deaths; Bandipora has 3752 positive cases (including 32 cases reported today) with 352 Active Positive, 3358 recovered (including 26 cases reported today), 42 deaths and Ganderbal has 3225 positive cases (including 35 cases reported today) with 253 active positive cases, 2942 recoveries (including 36 cases recovered today) and 30 deaths.
In Jammu division, officials said Jammu district has 15630 positive cases (including 128 cases reported today) with 1248 active positive cases, 14152 recoveries (including 150 cases recovered today), 230 deaths; Rajouri has 3057 positive cases (including 22 cases reported today) with 424 active positive cases, 2588 recovered (including 22 cases recovered today), 45 deaths; Ramban has 1471 positive cases (including 09 cases reported today) with 91 active positive, 1369 recoveries (including 03 cases recovered today), 11 deaths; Kathua has 2289 positive cases (including 09 cases reported today) with 74 Active positive, 2186 recovered (including 42 cases recovered today), 29 deaths; Udhampur has 2537 positive cases (including 21 cases reported today) with 192 active positive cases, 2320 recovered (including 10 cases recovered today), 25 deaths; Samba has 2023 positive cases (including 13 cases reported today) with 387 Active Positive, 1612 recoveries (including 31 cases recovered today), 24 deaths; Doda has 2422 positive cases (including 11 cases reported today) with 403 active positive cases, 1979 recoveries (including 85 cases recovered today), 40 deaths; Poonch has 2047 positive cases (including 18 cases reported today) with 662 active positive, 1363 recoveries (including 22 cases reported today), 22 deaths; Reasi has 1162 positive cases (including 05 cases reported today), with 193 active positive, 963 recoveries (including 13 cases recovered today), and 06 deaths while Kishtwar has 1588 positive cases (including 28 cases reported today), with 168 active positive cases and 1409 recoveries (including 23 cases reported today) and 11 deaths.
