Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory today recorded 17th Covid death while 28 more persons tested positive including three pregnant women. The total number of positive cases in the UT has gone up to 1,317.
Earlier in the day, a 55-year-old COVID-19 patient with a Cancer history died at Sher Kashmir Institute of Medical (SKIMS) Soura. With this, the total number of Covid fatalities in J&K has reached 17, of which 15 are from Kashmir and two from the Jammu region.
Officials said that in the last 24 hours, 28 patients were tested positive for Covid-19 in J&K including 22 from Kashmir division and six from Jammu division. They said that among the new cases are the three pregnant women too.
As per official figures, 247 positive cases including three deaths and 87 recoveries are from Anantnag, 169 including five deaths and 96 recoveries are from Srinagar, 166 including one death and 9 recoveries are from Kulgam, 137 including one death and 128 recoveries are from Bandipora, 121 including 91 recoveries and four deaths are from Baramulla, 109 including 75 recoveries are from Shopian, 101 including 48 recoveries are from Kupwara, 58 including 30 recoveries and one death are from Budgam, 25 including 15 recoveries are from Ganderbal and 18 including 6 recoveries are from Pulwama.
In Jammu division, 47 including 29 recoveries and one death are from Jammu district, 36 including 1 recovery is from Kathua, 28 including 1 death and 19 recoveries are from Udhampur, 24 including 1 recovery is from Ramban, 14 including 6 recoveries from Samba, 8 including 4 recoveries from Rajouri, 3 each from Poonch and Reasi with 1 recovery in Reasi, 2 from Kishtwar including 1 recovery and 1 from Doda.
As per the daily information bulletin, 1,19,155 persons in Jammu and Kashmir are under observation while 31,524 persons have been kept under home quarantine. Besides, 653 persons are in hospital isolation while 87 persons are under hospital quarantine.
According to the bulletin, 67,319 persons have completed surveillance period and 19,555 persons are under home surveillance
So far, results of 96,826 samples are available out of which 95,509 have tested negative while 1,317 have been tested positive. Among positive cases, 653 are active and 647 persons have recovered while 17 have died.
