53 new cases, no fresh death
Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday recorded 53 fresh cases of COVID-19, taking the union territory’s infection tally to 4,53,323, officials said here.
No death due to the disease was reported in a span of 24 hours and the toll stood at 4,749, they said.
Of the fresh cases, 21 were reported from Jammu division and 32 from Kashmir division, the officials said.
They said Jammu and Srinagar districts recorded 14 cases each.
There are 320 active cases of the disease in the union territory, while the number of recoveries stands at 4,48,254, the officials said.
There are 51 confirmed cases of Mucormycosis (black fungus) in the union territory at present.
The officials said this was the first time since March last year that no Covid patient was admitted at the Chest Diseases Hospital here which is the premier coronavirus treatment hospital of the region.
“Hopefully, we are at the end of the pandemic,” one of the officials said.
With 58 more recoveries, the tally of total recoveries in Jammu and Kashmir has reached 448,254 which is 98.88 percent of the total cases.
“Cases tested positive in J&K include 14 from Srinagar, 11 from Baramulla, 00 from Budgam, 00 from Pulwama, 06 from Kupwara, 00 from Anantnag, 00 from Bandipora, 00 from Ganderbal, 00 from Kulgam and 01 Shopian in Kashmir division while as 21 from Jammu division include 14 from Jammu district, 00 from Udhampur, 01 from Rajouri, 03 from Doda, 00 from Kathua, 00 from Samba, 00 from Kishtwar, 00 from Poonch, 03 from Ramban and 00 from Reasi,” officials disclosed.
Meanwhile, authorities said that no fresh cases of Mucormycosis popularly known as black fungus was reported in the UT and the tally stands at 51.
As per officials figures, 102,293 positive cases including 907 deaths and 101,279 recoveries are from Srinagar, 37,612 including 304 deaths and 37,268 recoveries are from Baramulla, 34,806 including 34,567 recoveries and 237 deaths are from Budgam, 18,418 including 18,215 recoveries and 201 deaths are from Pulwama, 21,730 including 174 deaths and 21,545 recoveries are from Kupwara, 22,419 including 22,200 recoveries and 219 deaths are from Anantnag, 13,678 cases including 13,555 and 118 deaths are from Bandipora, 13,626 including 13,542 recoveries and 84 deaths are from Ganderbal, 16,314 including 16,191 recoveries and 119 deaths are from Kulgam and 6,304 including 6,244 recoveries and 60 deaths are from Shopian.
In Jammu division, 76,099 including 74,774 recoveries and 1,222 deaths are from Jammu district, 14,764 including 14,615 recoveries and 147 deaths are from Udhampur, 12,801 including 12,549 recoveries and 249 deaths are from Rajouri, 11,509 including 11,347 recoveries and 144 deaths are from Doda, 11,405 including 11,238 recoveries and 166 deaths are from Kathua, 9,083 including 8,957 recoveries and 125 deaths are from Samba, 5,888 including 5,834 recoveries and 46 deaths are from Kishtwar, 7,738 including 7,626 recoveries and 110 deaths are from Poonch, 8,135 including 8,057 recoveries and 69 deaths are from Ramban and 8,701 including 8,651 recoveries and 48 deaths are from Reasi.
As per the daily information bulletin 6,181,749 persons in Jammu and Kashmir are under observation while 32,712 persons have been kept under home quarantine besides that 320 persons are in isolation.
According to the bulletin, 5,689,363 persons have completed the surveillance period and 454,605 persons are under home surveillance besides that so far results of 23,609,405 samples are available. Out of 23,609,405 the number of samples tested negative stands at 23,156,082 while as 453,323 have tested positive, among them 320 cases are active, 448,254 have recovered and 4,749 persons have died.
