Covid claims one more life, 685 test positive

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 685 covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours while one person succumbed to the virus during the time, officials said on Thursday.

262 cases were reported from Jammu division and 423 from Kashmir division, taking the overall tally to 462633, they said.

Among the total cases, 170782 are from Jammu division and 291851 from Kashmir, they said.

There was one death due to the pathogen in the last 24 hours— from Kashmir, they said.

So far 4766 people have succumbed to the virus—2338 in Jammu and 2428 in Kashmir.

Besides, they said, 443 Covid-19 patients recovered during the last 24 hours—231 from Jammu division and 212 from Kashmir Valley. There are now 4316 active cases— 1954 in Jammu and 2362 in Kashmir.

Jammu reported 147 cases, Srinagar reported 212 cases, Udhampur reported 21 cases, Baramulla reported96 cases, Samba reported 10 cases, Kathua reported 09 cases, Rajouri and Bandipora reported 17 cases, Doda reported 14 cases, Pulwama reported 02cases,Budgam reported 52cases,Anantnag reported 10 cases, Kishtwar reported 18 cases, Poonch  reported 13 cases, Kulgam  and Ganderbal reported 06 cases each, Kupwara reported 22cases, Ramban reported 12 cases, Reasi reported 01 case

The officials said there was no new confirmed case of mucormycosis (black fungus) reported today. So far 51 black fungus cases have been confirmed in J&K, the officials said. They also informed that 11068 doses of covid-19 vaccine were administered during the time in J&K. (GNS)

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