J&K logs 74 Covid-19 cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s Covid-19 tally climbed to 4,55,257 on Saturday with 74 fresh cases, while no new deaths were reported, officials here said.
The death toll stands at 4,756, they said.
Of the fresh cases, 50 cases were reported from the Jammu division of the union territory and 24 from the Kashmir valley, the officials said.
There are 561 active Covid-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir. So far, 4,49,940 people have recovered from the disease, they said.
Providing district-wise breakup of fresh cases, the officials said that Jammu district reported 39 cases; Srinagar 20; Ramban and Kathua reported 03cases each; Pulwama, Samba and Udhampur reported 02 cases each, while as Rajouri, Baramulla and Anantnag reported 01 case each.
India logs 17,092 new Covid cases, 29 deaths
India logged 17,092 new coronavirus infections, raising the tally to 4,34,86,326, while the active cases have increased to 1,09,568, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.
The death toll has climbed to 5,25,168 with 29 new fatalities, data updated by the ministry at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.25 per cent of the total infections.
The national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.54 per cent, the health ministry said.
An increase of 2,379 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 case count in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.14 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 3.56 per cent, according to the ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,28,51,590. The case fatality rate was 1.21 per cent.
According to the ministry, 197.84 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide inoculation drive.
