137 new cases in last 24 hours

The Jammu and Kashmir recorded 137 fresh Covid cases on Tuesday that pushed the infection tally to 4,52,547.
No Covid-related death was reported in the past 24 hours.

Of the new cases, 100 were from the Jammu division and 37 from the Kashmir division, officials said.

Jammu district recorded the highest 30 cases followed by 25 in Doda district, they said, adding that there are 1,448 active cases in the Union Territory.

The overall recoveries have reached 4,46,352, officials said, adding the death toll stands at 4,747.
There were 51 confirmed cases of Mucormycosis (black fungus) in the Union Territory. No fresh case was reported since last evening, officials added.

With 381 more recoveries, the tally of total recoveries in Jammu and Kashmir has reached 446,352 which is 98.63 percent of the total cases.

“Cases tested positive in J&K include 22 from Srinagar, 03 from Baramulla, 07 from Budgam, 00 from Pulwama, 00 from Kupwara, 01 from Anantnag, 03 from Bandipora, 00 from Ganderbal, 01 from Kulgam and 00 Shopian in Kashmir division while as 100 from Jammu division include 30 from Jammu district, 22 from Udhampur, 03 from Rajouri, 25 from Doda, 06 from Kathua, 02 from Samba, 00 from Kishtwar, 03 from Poonch, 08 from Ramban and 01 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, 102,137 positive cases including 907 deaths and 100,834 recoveries are from Srinagar, 37,563 including 304 deaths and 37,172 recoveries are from Baramulla, 34,783 including 34,514 recoveries and 237 deaths are from Budgam, 18,416 including 18,209 recoveries and 201 deaths are from Pulwama, 21,698 including 174 deaths and 21,489 recoveries are from Kupwara, 22,415 including 22,158 recoveries and 219 deaths are from Anantnag, 13,664 cases including 13,524 and 118 deaths are from Bandipora, 13,626 including 13,530 recoveries and 84 deaths are from Ganderbal, 16,305 including 16,165 recoveries and 119 deaths are from Kulgam and 6,304 including 6,230 recoveries and 60 deaths are from Shopian.

In Jammu division, 75,829 including 74,290 recoveries and 1,222 deaths are from Jammu district, 14,743 including 14,563 recoveries and 147 deaths are from Udhampur, 12,794 including 12,529 recoveries and 248 deaths are from Rajouri, 11,403 including 11,047 recoveries and 144 deaths are from Doda, 11,379 including 11,174 recoveries and 166 deaths are from Kathua, 9,076 including 8,929 recoveries and 125 deaths are from Samba, 5,871 including 5,791 recoveries and 45 deaths are from Kishtwar, 7,732 including 7,599 recoveries and 110 deaths are from Poonch, 8,111 including 7,966 recoveries and 69 deaths are from Ramban and 8,698 including 8,639 recoveries and 48 deaths are from Reasi.

As per the daily information bulletin 6,068,932 persons in Jammu and Kashmir are under observation while 33,671 persons have been kept under home quarantine besides that 1,448 persons are in isolation.

According to the bulletin, 5,582,141 persons have completed the surveillance period and 446,925 persons are under home surveillance besides that so far results of 22,939,306 samples are available. Out of 22,939,306 the number of samples tested negative stands at 22,486,559 while as 452,747 have tested positive, among them 1,448 persons are active, 446,352 persons have recovered and 4,747 persons have died.