1 more death, 127 new cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 127 fresh COVID-19 cases on Sunday that took the infection tally to 3,29,008, while one more fatality pushed the death toll to 4,422, officials said.
Of the new cases, 23 were from Jammu division and 104 from the Kashmir division, they said.
Srinagar district recorded the highest 56 cases followed by 13 in Baramulla district.
There are 1,514 active cases in the Union Territory, while the number of those who have recovered from the infection has reached 3,23,072, officials said.
The death toll stands at 4,422 after one more fatality was reported in the past 24 hours, they said.
Officials said there were 46 confirmed cases of Mucormycosis (black fungus) in the Union Territory as no fresh case has been reported since Saturday evening.
Moreover, 175 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 39 from Jammu Division and 136 from Kashmir Division.
Besides this, 81.97 percent of the population above the age of 18 years has been vaccinated across Jammu and Kashmir.
According to the daily Media Bulletin on novel Corona virus (Covid-19), out of 329008 positive cases, 1514 are Active Positive, 323072 have recovered and 4422 have died; 2173 in Jammu division and 2249 in Kashmir division.
The Bulletin further said that out of 14666921 test results available, 14337913 samples have been tested as negative till today.
Till date 3512273 persons have been enlisted for observation which included 6996 persons in home quarantine including facilities operated by government, 1514 in isolation and 461861 in home surveillance. Besides, 3037480 persons have completed their surveillance period.
Providing district-wise breakup, the Bulletin said that Srinagar has 74080 positive cases (including 56 cases reported today) with 703 Active Positive, 72538 recovered (including 75 cases recovered today), 839 deaths; Baramulla has 24284 positive cases (including 13 cases reported today) with 177 Active Positive, 23825 recovered (including 12 cases recovered today), 282 deaths; Budgam reported 23553 positive cases (including 08 cases reported today) with 145 active positive cases, 23201 recovered (including 28 cases recovered today), 207 deaths; Pulwama has 15457 positive cases with 53 Active Positive, 15210 recovered and 194 deaths; Kupwara has 14341 positive cases, 27 Active Positive, 14148 recoveries (including 04 cases recovered today) and 166 deaths; Anantnag district has 16517 positive cases with 26 Active Positive, 16286 recovered and 205 deaths; Bandipora has 9727 positive cases with 33 Active Positive, 9592 recoveries and 102 deaths; Ganderbal has 10300 positive cases (including 07 cases reported today) with 86 Active Positive, 10135 recoveries and 79 deaths; Kulgam has 11476 positive cases 20 Active Positive, 11339 recoveries and 117 deaths while as Shopian has 5606 positive cases with 04 active positive cases, 5544 recoveries and 58 deaths.
Similarly, Jammu has 53148 positive cases (including 06 cases reported today) with 50 active positive cases, 51954 recoveries (including 10 cases recovered today), 1144 deaths; Udhampur has 11398 positive cases with 08 active positive cases, 11253 recoveries and 137 deaths; Rajouri has 11175 positive cases with 28 active positive, 10910 recoveries and 237 deaths; Doda has 7757 positive cases (including 06 cases reported today) with 69 Active positive, 7555 recovered and 133 deaths; Kathua has 9293 positive cases with 05 active positive case, 9137 recovered and 151 deaths; Samba has 7148 positive cases with 09 active positive cases, 7019 recoveries and 120 deaths; Kishtwar has 4812 positive cases with 09 Active Positive, 4759 recoveries and 44 deaths; Poonch has 6347 positive cases with 07 active positive, 6243 recoveries and 97 deaths; Ramban has 6018 positive cases with 11 active positive cases, 5940 recoveries and 67 deaths while Reasi has 6571 positive cases with 44 active positive cases, 6484 recoveries and 43 deaths.
According to the bulletin, among the total 329008 positive cases in J&K, 23432 have been reported as travelers while 305576 as others.