Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday recorded 97 new COVID-19 cases and one death in past 24 hours.
Of the new cases, 10 were from the Jammu division and 65 from the Kashmir region, official said.
Srinagar district recorded the highest of 39 cases, followed by 10 in Jammu district.
While 11 districts did not report any fresh cases, seven other districts had cases in single digits.
The number of active was 896 in the union territory, while 1,24,498 patients have recovered so far, the officials said.
The death toll due to the pandemic rose to is 1,969 as one fresh fatality was reported from the Valley in the past 24 hours
According to officials, among the total 127363 positive cases in J&K, 12580 have been reported as travelers while 114783 as others.
They said there are 1091 COVID dedicated beds, 962 Isolation beds with 957 vacant beds and 129 ICU beds where 125 beds are vacant in Jammu division while there are 1570 COVID dedicated beds, 1484 Isolation beds where 1424 beds are vacant and 86 ICU beds where 79 are vacant beds in Kashmir division. There are a total of 2661 COVID dedicated beds, 2446 Isolation beds with 2381 beds vacant and 215 ICU beds with 204 vacant beds in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Central Government is continuously monitoring the evolving situation of Covid-19 in the Union Territory and is providing all necessary support towards effective containment of the spread of Covid-19 and better clinical management of positive cases, the officials said.
