Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir today recorded 143 new Covid positive cases taking the total number of cases in the Union Territory to 3,467.
Officials said that among the 143 new cases that were tested positive in the J&K today, 50 were reported from SKIMS, 4 from JVC Bemina, 13 from Army’s command hospital Udhampur and rest from other hospitals and private labs.
Among 143 new cases, 100 belong to Kashmir division while 43 are from Jammu division, officials said. They said that the total number of positive cases in Kashmir division have reached to 2,615 including 935 recoveries and 35 deaths while total number of positive cases in Jammu division has reached 852 including 191 recoveries and 5 deaths.
The officials further added that the total number of active cases in Jammu and Kashmir have reached 2,302 including 1,646 from Kashmir division and 656 from Jammu division.
Cases tested positive in J&K include 3 from Kulgam, 3 from Srinagar, 3 from Anantnag, 4 from Budgam, 64 from Shopian, 9 from Baramulla and 14 from Bandipora in Kashmir division while 43 from Jammu include 10 from Jammu, 4 from Ramban, 11 from Kuthua, 6 from Udhampur, 2, from Samba district, 3 from Poonch, 4 from Rajouri, 2 from Reasi and one from Doda.
As per the official figures in Kashmir division, 385 positive cases including five deaths and 163 recoveries are from Anantnag, 370 including nine deaths and 143 recoveries are from Srinagar, 366 including four deaths and 51 recoveries are from Kulgam, 331 including 95 recoveries and one death are from Kupwara, 317 including 105 recoveries and seven deaths are from Baramulla, 194 including 136 recoveries and three deaths are from Shopian, 180 including 136 recoveries and one death is from Bandipora, 142 including 70 recoveries and two deaths are from Budgam, 122 including 13 recoveries are from Pulwama and 42 including 26 recoveries are from Ganderbal.
In Jammu division, 200 including 67 recoveries and three deaths are from Jammu district, 168 including 20 recoveries are from Ramban, 129 including 29 recoveries and one death os from Udhampur, 105 including 36 recoveries are from Kathua, 68 including 03 recoveries from Poonch, 57 including 23 recoveries and two are from Samba, 52 including 05 recoveries are from Rajouri, 36 including one death and 01 recovery is from Doda, 20 including 03 recoveries and one death are from Reasi and 17 including 04 recoveries are from Kishtwar.
According to the daily information bulletin, 2,08,605 people in Jammu and Kashmir are under observation while 42,003 persons have been kept under home quarantine. 2,302 people are in hospital isolation while 53 people are under hospital quarantine.
According to the bulletin, 1,07,208 people have completed the surveillance period and 57,045 people are under home surveillance besides that so far results of 2,12,880 samples have been made available.
Out of the total 2,12,880 samples, the number of samples tested negative stands at 2,08,413 while 3,467 have been tested positive, among them 2302 are active and 1126 persons have recovered and 40 persons have died.
