Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday logged 30 new COVID-19 cases that pushed its tally to 4,53,720, while no fresh death due to the viral disease was reported, officials said.
Of the fresh cases, 28 were reported from Kashmir and two from the Jammu division of the union territory, according to the officials.
Srinagar district recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 24, followed by four in Baramulla district. Seventeen of the 20 districts in the union territory did not report any fresh cases.
Currently there are 146 active COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir. So far, cumulatively 4,48,824 people have recovered from the disease, and 4750 persons have died – 2,423 in Kashmir and 2,327 in Jammu division, the officials said.
In the last 24 hours, 26 COVID-19 patients have recovered and were discharged from various hospitals including 25 from Kashmir and one from Jammu division, they said.
No new case of Mucormycosis (black fungus) was reported today.
On vaccination, the daily media bulletin on novel coronavirus informed that 21,471 doses of COVID vaccine were administered in the last 24 hours bringing the cumulative number of doses administered across J&K to 2,21,42,824.
