J&K records 492 fresh COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday recorded 492 fresh COVID-19 cases, while seven fatalities took place in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 99,844 and the death toll to 1,549, officials said.
Out of the fresh cases, 206 were from Jammu division and 286 from the Kashmir Valley, they said.
The officials said Srinagar district recorded the highest of 131 COVID-19 cases, followed by 93 in Jammu.
There are 5,415 active cases, while 92,880 patients have recovered so far, they said.
Meanwhile, the Union Territory reported seven COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours – six from the Kashmir Valley and one from Jammu division.
Giving district-wise details, the officials said that Srinagar has 20705 positive cases (including 131 cases reported today) with 1405 Active Positive, 18917 recovered (including 151 cases recovered today), 383 deaths; Baramulla has 6554 positive cases (including 28 cases reported today) with 810 Active Positive, 5593 recovered (including 119 cases recovered today), 151 deaths; Pulwama reported 4793 positive cases (including 09 case reported today) with 144 active positive cases, 4565 recovered (including 35 cases recovered today), 84 deaths; Kulgam has 2529 positive cases (including 01 case reported today) with 85 Active Positive, 2396 recoveries (including 04 cases recovered today), 48 deaths; Shopian has 2264 positive cases (including 01 case reported today) with 89 Active Positive, 2140 recovered (including 03 cases recovered today) and 35 deaths; Anantnag district has 4345 positive cases (including 18 cases reported today) with 181 Active Positive, 4089 recovered (including 30 cases recovered today), 75 deaths; Budgam has 6314 positive cases (including 38 cases reported today) with 301 Active Positive and 5918 recovered (including 33 cases recovered today), 95 deaths; Kupwara has 4702 positive cases (including 14 cases reported today) with 424 Active Positive, 4203 recovered (including 26 cases recovered today), 75 deaths; Bandipora has 4167 positive cases (including 10 cases reported today) with 165 Active Positive, 3954 recovered (including 24 cases recovered today), 48 deaths and Ganderbal has 3803 positive cases (including 36 cases reported today) with 284 active positive cases, 3484 recoveries (including 10 cases recovered today)and 35 deaths.
In Jammu division, officials said, Jammu district has 18562 positive cases (including 93 cases reported today) with 622 active positive cases, 17669 recoveries (including 95 cases recovered today), 271 deaths; Rajouri has 3274 positive cases (including 05 cases reported today) with 87 active positive cases, 3139 recovered (including 08 cases recovered today), 48 deaths; Ramban has 1697 positive cases (including 08 cases reported today) with 97 active positive, 1582 recoveries (including 12 cases recovered today) and 18 deaths; Kathua has 2539 positive cases (including 14 cases reported today) with 61 Active positive, 2445 recovered (including 11 cases recovered today), 33 deaths; Udhampur has 2887 positive cases (including 24 cases reported today) with 197 active positive cases, 2658 recovered (including 10 cases recovered today) and 32 deaths; Samba has 2236 positive cases (including 11 cases reported today) with 71 Active Positive, 2140 recoveries (including 32 cases recovered today) and 25 deaths; Doda has 2742 positive cases (including 12 cases reported today) with 100 active positive cases, 2594 recoveries (including 16 cases recovered today), 48 deaths; Poonch has 2317 positive cases (including 05 cases reported today) with 72 active positive, 2223 recoveries (including 13 cases reported today), 22 deaths; Reasi has 1339 positive cases (including 6 cases reported today) with 64 active positive, 1267 recoveries and 08 deaths while Kishtwar has 2075 positive cases (including 28 cases reported today) with 156 active positive cases and 1904 recoveries (including 03 cases recovered today) and 15 deaths.
