Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir today witnessed yet another spike in Covid-19 cases as 156 new infections including 80 travelers tested positive for the deadly virus, taking the tally to 4,730 in the UT.
Officials said that among the new 156 cases, 47 were tested positive at SKIMS, 11 at CD hospital, 32 at JVC Bemina, 2 at Army’s Command Hospital in Udhampur and rest at other hospitals.
Among the fresh cases, 68 belong to Kashmir division while 88 are from Jammu division, officials said, adding that the total number of positive cases in Kashmir have reached 3,633 including 1,733 recoveries and 47 deaths while the total number of positive cases in Jammu has reached to 1,097 including 353 recoveries and six deaths.
The officials said that total number of active cases in Jammu and Kashmir is 2,591 including 1,853 from Kashmir and 738 from Jammu while 266 more persons have recovered today from J&K.
Cases tested positive in J&K include 1 from Anantnag, 2 from Kulgam, 5 from Srinagar, 6 from Budgam, 5 from Kupwara, 38 from Shopian, 7 from Baramulla and 4 from Pulwama in Kashmir while 88 from Jammu include 8 from Jammu, 21 from Ramban, 26 from Kathua, 12 from Poonch, 14 from Samba, 2 from Rajouri, 3 from Doda and one each from Kishtiwar and Rajouri.
In Jammu division, 261 including 117 recoveries and 3 deaths are from Jammu district, 193 including 37 recoveries from Ramban, 153 including 37 recoveries and 1 death from Udhampur, 149 including 59 recoveries from Kathua, 103 including 28 recoveries from Poonch, 83 including and 28 recoveries from Samba, 60 including 12 recoveries and one death from Rajouri, 49 including 20 recoveries and 1 death from Doda, 24 including 11 recoveries from Reasi and 22 including 4 recoveries from Kishtwar.
As per the daily information bulletin, 2,30,505 persons in Jammu and Kashmir are under observation while 41,964 persons have been kept under home quarantine. Besides that, 2,591 persons are in hospital isolation while 31 persons are under hospital quarantine.
According to the bulletin, 1,30,128 persons have completed the surveillance period and 55,738 persons are under home surveillance.
So far, results of 2,54,059 samples are available, out of which 2,49,329 tested negative while 4,730 have been tested positive. Among them, 2,591 are active and 2,086 persons have recovered while 53 persons have died. 47 deaths were reported in Kashmir and five in Jammu.
