J&K logs 681 COVID-19 cases, four more deaths
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday recorded 681 fresh COVID-19 cases that took the infection tally to 4,48,786, while four more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,732, officials said.
Of the fresh cases, 359 were from Jammu division and 322 from the Kashmir division, they said.
Jammu district recorded the highest 184 cases followed by 139 cases in Srinagar district.
The death toll has reached 4,732 after four more fatalities were reported in the past 24 hours, officials said, adding that all these were reported from Kashmir.
Moreover, 2805 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and were discharged from various hospitals including 2,019 from Kashmir division and 786 from Jammu division.
There were 51 confirmed cases of Mucormycosis (black fungus) in the Union Territory. No fresh case was reported since last evening, officials added.
On vaccination, the daily media bulletin on novel coronavirus informed that 47,705 doses of COVID vaccine were administered in the last 24 hours bringing the cumulative number of doses administered across J&K so far to 2,09,23,625.
According to the bulletin, out of 4,48,786 positive cases recorded cumulatively so far, currently there are 10,230 active positive cases across the UT including 6,583 in Kashmir and 3,647 in Jammu division, while as 4,33,824 persons have recovered and 4,732 have died – 2,416 in Kashmir division and 2,316 in Jammu division.
