J&K reports 129 COVID-19 new cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 129 fresh cases of coronavirus on Friday, taking the infected number of people to 3,23,190 while no new fatality took place, officials said.
Of the fresh cases, 66 were from the Jammu division and 63 from Kashmir region of the Union Territory, they said.
Srinagar district recorded the highest number of 21 cases followed by 16 cases in Doda, they said.
Moreover, 112 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and were discharged from various hospitals including 60 from Jammu division and 52 from Kashmir Valley in past 24 hours even as 99.65 percent of population above the age of 45 years has been vaccinated across Jammu and Kashmir so far.
According to officials, there were 41 confirmed cases of Mucormycosis (black fungus) in the UT as three fresh cases were reported since Thursday evening.
According to the daily media bulletin on novel coronavirus (COVID-19), out of 3,23,190 positive cases recorded cumulatively so far, currently there are 1,324 are active positive cases in the UT, while 3,17,471 persons have recovered and 4,395 have died – 2,239 in Kashmir and 2,156 in Jammu division.
