Nadeem Nadu
Srinagar, Jan 12: Three travelers were among 113 fresh novel coronavirus cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. Also, one person died due to the virus, taking the fatality count to 1912 in J&K.
Among the fresh cases, they said, 65 are from Jammu Division and 48 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total tally to 122764.
Giving district-wise details, they said, Srinagar reported 24 cases, Baramulla 5, Budgam 2, Pulwama 5, Kupwara 3, Anantnag 1, Bandipora 2, Ganderbal 2, Kulgam 2, Shopian 2, Jammu 48, Udhampur 5, Rajouri 0, Doda 2, Kathua 1, Samba 4, Kishtwar 0, Poonch 1, Ramban 2 and Reasi 2.
Moreover, they said, 198 more Covid-19 patients have recovered and were discharged from various hospitals—98 from Jammu Division and 100 from Kashmir valley. The number of active cases has reduced to 1682 in J&K.
The officials said total number of active cases in Jammu and Kashmir are 1,682 including 847 from Kashmir division and 835 from Jammu division.
With 198 more recoveries, the tally of total recoveries in Jammu and Kashmir has reached 119,170 which is 97.07 percent of the total cases.
As per the officials, 970,625 persons in Jammu and Kashmir are under observation while 33,336 persons have been kept under home quarantine besides that 1,682 persons are in isolation.
897,576 persons have completed surveillance period and 36,119 persons are under home surveillance besides that so far results of 4,138,707 samples are available.
Out of 4,138,707 the number of samples tested negative stands at 4,015,943 while as 122,764 have tested positive, among them 1,682 persons are active, 119,170 persons have recovered and 1,912 persons have died. (GNS)