Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): Ten pregnant women are among 177 new Covid positive cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir today, taking the number of total confirmed cases to 2,341 in the Union Territory.
Officials said that among new 177 cases that were detected in J&K today, 19 were tested positive at SKIMS, 48 at CD hospital, 10 at JVC Bemina, 30 at Army’s Command Hospital Srinagar and rest at other private labs. “Among the new cases were ten pregnant women,” they said, adding that the number of pregnant women who have got infected with the virus in J&K has reached 65, with 50 alone from Kashmir.
They said that among 177 new cases, 125 belong to Kashmir division while 52 are from Jammu division, officials said, adding that the total number of positive cases in Kashmir has reached 1,853 including 791 recoveries and 25 deaths while the total number of positive cases in Jammu has reached 368 including 117 recoveries and 3 deaths. They added that the total number of active cases in J&K is 405 including 1,037 from Kashmir and 368 from Jammu.
Cases tested positive in J&K include 18 from Anantnag, 4 from Kulgam, 26 from Srinagar, 10 from Budgam 3 from Kupwara, 16 from Shopian, 40 from Baramulla, 1 each from Bandipora and Ganderbal and 5 from Pulwama in Kashmir while 52 from Jammu include 2 from district Jammu, 14 from Ramban, 6 from Kathua, 13 from Udhampur, 7 from Samba district, 6 from Rajouri, 3 from Doda and one from Reasi.
As per official figures, 314 positive cases including five deaths and 122 recoveries are from Anantnag, 277 including four deaths and 23 recoveries are from Kulgam, 272 including seven deaths and 131 recoveries are from Srinagar, 258 including 74 recoveries are from Kupwara, 217 including 102 recoveries and five deaths are from Baramulla, 146 including 134 recoveries and one death is from Bandipora, 168 including 108 recoveries and one death from Shopian, 99 including 61 recoveries and one death is from Budgam, 32 including 24 recoveries are from Ganderbal and 70 including 12 recoveries are from Pulwama.
In Jammu, 130 including 37 recoveries and two deaths are from Jammu district, 89 including 15 recoveries are from Ramban, 61 including 19 recoveries are from Kathua, 65 including 25 recoveries and one death is from Udhampur, 41 including 11 recoveries from Samba, 38 are from Poonch, 27 including 5 recoveries are from Rajouri, 14 including 3 recoveries are from Reasi, 8 including 1 recovery is from Kishtwar, 5 including 1 recovery is from Doda.
As per the daily information bulletin, 165,225 persons in Jammu and Kashmir are under observation while 36,538 persons have been kept under home quarantine. Apart from that, 1,405 persons are in hospital isolation while 56 persons are under hospital quarantine.
According to the bulletin, 83,684 persons have completed the surveillance period and 43,514 persons are under home surveillance.
So far, results of 164, 581 samples are available out of which 162,240 stand negative while 2,341 have been tested positive. Among positive cases, 1,405 are active and 908 persons have recovered while 28 persons have died.
