J-K records 113 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday recorded 113 new coronavirus cases that raised its tally to 1,23,538, while one more fatality pushed the death count to 1,923, officials said.
Of the fresh cases, 53 were recorded from the Jammu division and 60 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, they said.
The officials said Jammu district recorded the highest of 40 cases, followed by 37 in Srinagar district.
While six districts — Anantnag, Ganderbal, Doda, Rajouri, Reasi and Udhampur — did not report any new case, 12 other districts had fresh cases in single digits, they said.
The number of active cases dropped to 1,103 in the union territory, while 1,20,512 patients have recovered so far, the officials said.
The UT reported only one COVID-19 related death in the past 24 hours from the Kashmir division, taking the death toll to 1,923, they said.
According to the daily Media Bulletin on novel Corona virus (Covid-19), out of 123538 positive cases, 1103 are Active Positive, 120512 have recovered and 1923 have died; 716 in Jammu division and 1207 in Kashmir division.
The Bulletin issued by the government further said that out of 4297224 test results available, 4173686 samples have been tested as negative till 19th January, 2021.
Till date 1032753 persons have been enlisted for observation which included 32892 persons in home quarantine including facilities operated by government, 1103 in isolation and 64711 in home surveillance. Besides, 932124 persons have completed their surveillance period.
According to the bulletin, among the total 123538 positive cases in J&K, 11472 have been reported as travelers while 112066 as others.
The Bulletin said that the breakup represents districts from which the patients have been traced or are ordinarily residing.
The bulletin added that there are 1321 COVID dedicated beds, 1185 Isolation beds with 1157 vacant beds and 136 ICU beds where 115 beds are vacant in Jammu division while there are 2345 COVID dedicated beds, 2197 Isolation beds where 2112 beds are vacant and 148 ICU beds where 134are vacant beds in Kashmir division. There are a total of 3666 COVID dedicated beds, 3382 Isolation beds with 3269 beds vacant and 284 ICU beds with 249 vacant beds in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The bulletin has informed the people that, the best way to protect themselves from COVID-19 is by maintaining physical distance of at least 2 meter from others, frequently cleaning hands with an alcohol based hand sanitizer or washing them with soap and water and following good respiratory etiquette and hygiene. (With inputs from PTI)
