Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): Twenty-five fresh coronavirus cases in Jammu and Kashmir today took the tally of Covid-19 cases in the Union Territory to 639.
Jammu and Kashmir government spokesman Rohit Kansal in a tweet said that out of the total number of cases, 384 are active cases of which 378 are in Kashmir and 6 in Jammu. Besides this, he said that 31 more Covid-19 patients recovered today.
“Recoveries overtake new cases- 25 New Cases, 31 Recoveries; Total Cases now 639. Active Cases-384 (Jammu-6 Kashmir -378),” tweeted Kansal.
Pertinently, with the recovery of 31 more patients, the total number of patients who have recovered in Jammu and Kashmir stands at 247 including 51 from Jammu division and 196 from Kashmir division. Apart from that, 8 persons including 7 from Kashmir and one from Jammu division have died so for due to covid-19.
Officials said that out of 25 new cases, 11 were tested positive at SKIMS Lab while 14 were tested positive at CD hospital Lab in Srinagar.
Among the new 25 cases, 12 are from Anantnag, 06 from Kupwara, 02 each from Srinagar and Shopian and one each from Budgam, Bandipora and Baramulla districts.
As per officials figures, 128 positive cases including one death and 35 recoveries are from Bandipora, 95 positive cases including one death are from are Anantnag, 91 including two deaths and 69 recoveries are from Srinagar, 85 including 26 recoveries and 3 deaths are from Baramulla, 74 including 17 recoveries are from Shopian, 55 including 19 recoveries are from Kupwara, 21 including 11 recoveries are from Budgam, 14 including thirteen recoveries are from Ganderbal, 11 including 02 recoveries are from Kulgam and 07 including 03 recoveries are from Pulwama.
In Jammu division, all 26 patients have recovered in Jammu district, 20 including one death and 17 recoveries are from Udhampur, 4 – all of whom have recovered are from Samba and 4 including three recoveries are from Rajouri, one from Kishtiwar- who has also recovered and one- each active case from Ramban, Kuthua and Reasi.
As per the daily information bulletin, 71,837 persons in Jammu and Kashmir are under observation while as 8,109 persons have been kept under home quarantine. Besides, 384 persons are in hospital isolation while 185 persons are under hospital quarantine.
According to the bulletin, 54,721 persons have completed surveillance period and 8,430 persons are under home surveillance.
So far, results of 21,695 samples are available. Out of these, 21,056 samples tested negative while 639 have been tested positive. Among the positive cases, 384 are active and 247 persons have recovered while 8 have died.
