J&K reports three new cases of COVID-19
India logs 2,075 fresh COVID-19 cases, 71 deaths
Srinagar/New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir reported three new positive cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours even as no virus-related death was reported, officials said Saturday.
While one fresh case was reported from Jammu division, two fresh cases were reported from the Kashmir valley, both of them from Srinagar district.
They also said 29 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and were discharged from various hospitals including 15 from Jammu division and 14 from Kashmir.
No new case of mucormycosis (black fungus) was reported today.
On vaccination, the daily media bulletin on novel coronavirus informed that 31,123 doses of COVID vaccine were administered in the last 24 hours bringing the cumulative number of doses administered so far across J&K to 2,18,30,819.
According to the bulletin, out of 4,53,523 positive cases recorded cumulatively in Jammu and Kashmir so far, currently there are 107 active positive cases in the UT, including 71 in Kashmir and 36 in Jammu division, while 4,48,666 persons have recovered and 4,750 have died – 2,423 in Kashmir and 2,327 in Jammu division.
Providing district-wise breakup for positive cases reported today, the bulletin informed that Srinagar reported two cases while as Budgam, Kupwara, Baramulla, Pulwama, Kulgam, Anantnag, Bandipora, Ganderbal and Shopian reported no fresh cases today.
Similarly, Jammu reported one fresh case while as Udhampur, Rajouri, Kathua, Kishtwar, Poonch, Samba, Doda, Reasi and Ramban reported no fresh cases for today.
Meanwhile, India’s COVID-19 tally increased to 4,30,06,080 on Saturday with 2,075 fresh infections, while the active cases declined further to 27,802, according to Union health ministry data.
The death toll due to the viral disease climbed to 5,16,352 with 71 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.06 percent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.73 percent, the health ministry said.
A reduction of 1,379 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.56 percent and the weekly positivity rate stood at 0.41 percent, the ministry said.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 3,70,514 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 78.22 crore tests, it said.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,24,61,926. The case fatality rate was recorded at 1.20 percent, it added.
The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive have exceeded 181.04 crore.
