Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): The number of COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir showed yet another spike today as 139 fresh cases tested positive which include four BSF men, 26 pregnant women and two health workers. With this, the number of total positive cases has climbed to 2857.
Officials said that among the new cases, 44 are travellers. 109 belong to Kashmir division while 30 are from Jammu division, officials said, adding that the total number of positive cases in Kashmir division has reached to 2185 including 871 recoveries and 30 deaths. The total number of positive cases in Jammu has reached 672 including 136 recoveries and four deaths.
The officials said that the total number of active cases in Jammu and Kashmir is 1816 including 1284 from Kashmir division and 532 from Jammu division.
Cases tested positive in J&K include 1 from Anantnag, 2 from Kulgam, 14 from Srinagar, 6 from Budgam, 10 from Kupwara, 24 from Shopian, 27 from Baramulla, 9 from Bandipora, 13 from Pulwama and 3 from Ganderbal in Kashmir division while 30 from Jammu division include 10 each from Jammu and Poonch, 3 each from Udhampur and from Samba, and four from Rajouri.
As per official figures, 350 positive cases including five deaths and 152 recoveries are from Anantnag, 313 including four deaths and 45 recoveries are from Kulgam, 319 including seven deaths and 143 recoveries are from Srinagar, 299 including 76 recoveries and one death are from Kupwara, 272 including 104 recoveries and seven deaths are from Baramulla, 205 including 109 recoveries and three deaths are from Shopian, 161 including 136 recoveries and one death are from Bandipora, 124 including 67 recoveries and two deaths are from Budgam, 37 including 26 recoveries are from Ganderbal and 105 including 13 recoveries are from Pulwama.
In Jammu division, 167 including 41 recoveries and two deaths are from Jammu district, 153 including 16 recoveries are from Ramban, 80 including 27 recoveries are from Kathua, 72 including 26 recoveries and one death are from Udhampur, 48 including 13 recoveries from Samba, 59 with one recovery are from Poonch, 40 including 05 recoveries are from Rajouri, 14 including 03 recoveries area from Reasi, 12 including 03 recoveries are from Kishtwar, 27 including 1 recovery and one death are from Doda.
As per the daily information bulletin, 193,145 persons in Jammu and Kashmir are under observation while as 44,389 persons have been kept under home quarantine besides that 1816 persons are in hospital isolation while as 45 persons are under hospital quarantine.
According to the bulletin, 93,222 persons have completed surveillance period and 53,639 persons are under home surveillance.
So far, results of 189,364 samples are available out of which 186,507 have tested negative. 2757 have been tested positive, and among them 1816 are active and 1097 persons have recovered while 34 persons have died.
