J&K logs 11 new cases of COVID-19
India reports 3,688 new infections, 50 fatalities
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 11 new Covid cases on Saturday that took the infection tally to 4,54,043, officials said.
Of the new cases, Jammu district reported seven while Srinagar and Baramulla recorded two cases each, they said.
There are 67 active cases and the overall recoveries has reached 4,49,225, officials said.
The COVID-19 death toll stands at 4,751. No Covid-related fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, they said.
There were 51 confirmed cases of mucormycosis (black fungus), they added.
India saw a single day rise of 3,688 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,75,864, while the active cases increased to 18,684, the government said on Saturday.
According to the Union Health Ministry data updated at 8 am, the death toll rose to 5,23,803 with 50 more fatalities.
The active cases constituted 0.04 percent of the total infections, while the national recovery rate was recorded at 98.74 percent, the health ministry said.
An increase of 883 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of last 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.74 percent and weekly positivity rate at 0.66 percent, the data said.
The number of people who have recovered from the disease has increased to 4,25,33,377, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.22 percent.
The number of doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 188.89 crore.
