Kashmir reports 4 Covid cases
Srinagar: Kashmir reported four fresh positive cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours which took the cumulative infection count across J&K to 4,79,211.
Officials also informed that 16 more Covid patients were discharged from various hospitals, including 09 from Jammu division and seven from Kashmir division, during this period.
They said 11,164 doses of Covid vaccines were administered in the last 24 hours, bringing the cumulative number of doses administered across Jammu and Kashmir till date to 2,46,11,891.
Currently there are 65 active positive cases in J&K, including 42 in Kashmir division and 23 in Jammu division, they said.
So far cumulatively 4,74,361 infected persons have recovered from the viral disease and 4,785 have died – 2,433 in Kashmir division and 2,352 in Jammu division.
India adds 2,797 coronavirus infections, active cases drop below 30K after 122 days
India on Saturday logged 2,797 fresh COVID-19 infections that pushed its tally to 4,46,09,257, while the number of active cases dropped below 30,000 after 122 days, according to Union health ministry data.
The toll due to the viral disease climbed to 5,28,778 with 24 fatalities, including 12 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
There are 29,251 active COVID-19 cases in India which comprise 0.07 percent of the total infections. The national recovery rate has increased to 98.75 percent, the ministry said.
A decline of 1,111 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.05 percent. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.30 percent, the ministry said.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,40,51,228, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 percent, it said.
So far, 218.93 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered under the nationwide vaccination drive, according to the ministry.
The 12 fresh fatalities include five from Maharashtra and one each from Delhi, Gujarat and Karnataka, the ministry said.
