Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 149 fresh positive cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours which took the cumulative total of positive cases recorded so far to 4,56,605, officials said Friday.
Of these fresh cases, they said 76 were reported from Kashmir Valley and 73 from the Jammu division.
Providing district-wise breakup for these positive cases, they informed that Srinagar district reported 61 cases, Jammu district reported 57 cases, Udhampur reported nine cases, Samba and Kathua reported three cases each, Ganderbal reported four cases, Baramulla and Anantnag reported two cases each, Kupwara reported five cases, and Poonch, Budgam and Pulwama reported one case each.
Moreover, 108 more COVID-19 patients have recovered during this period and were discharged from various hospitals, including 69 from Jammu division and 39 from Kashmir.
According to the daily media bulletin on novel coronavirus, currently there are 856 active positive cases in J&K, including 507 in Jammu division and 349 in Kashmir. So far 4,50,991 infected persons have recovered and 4,758 have died – 2,425 in Kashmir and 2,333 in Jammu division.
