J&K reports 122 COVID-19 cases
Srinagar: The government on Wednesday informed that 122 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), were reported in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 24 hours.
Of these cases, it was said 70 were reported from Kashmir and 52 from the Jammu division, which took the total number of active positive cases in the UT to 531.
An official press release also informed that 62 COVID-19 patients have recovered and were discharged from various hospitals during this time, including 50 from Kashmir and 12 from the Jammu division.
In the last 24 hours, 4,137 COVID tests were conducted across the UT, the press release said.
It said in case of any emergency people can avail free ambulance services 24×7 at their doorsteps by calling on toll-free number 108 while pregnant women and sick infants can avail free ambulance services by dialling toll-free number 102.
People can also call on toll-free National helpline number 1075; J&K COVID-19 Helpline Number 104.
India records 7,830 new COVID-19 cases, highest in over 7 months
India has registered a single-day rise of 7,830 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 223 days, and the count of active cases in the country has increased to 40,215, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
The death toll due to the disease has increased to 5,31,016 with 16 new fatalities being reported – two each in Delhi, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, and one each in Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, and five reconciled by Kerala – the data updated at 8 am stated.
The tally of Covid cases in the country was recorded at 4.47 crore (4,47,76,002), it showed.
The country had recorded a single-day jump of 7,946 COVID-19 cases on September 1 last year.
The count of active cases now comprises 0.09 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.72 percent, according to the health ministry website.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 4,42,04,771, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 percent, the data showed.
According to the ministry’s website, 220.66 crore doses of vaccines have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.
