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SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday reported 331 new COVID cases, 77 from the Jammu division and 254 from the Valley, thus taking the total to 3,16,291 in the Union Territory.
Officials said that six corona related deaths have also been reported during the past 24 hours, five from the Jammu Division and one from the Valley.
Moreover, 437 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged from various hospitals including 158 from Jammu Division and 279 from Kashmir Division.
Ladakh reports 17 new COVID cases
LEH: Ladakh recorded 17 new Covid cases, pushing the tally to 20,090, while 34 patients were discharged after being recovered, taking the overall recoveries to 19,626, officials said on Friday.
Out of the total cases, 10 were reported in Leh and seven in Kargil. While, a total of 3,663 sample reports in Ladakh, including 2,205 from Leh and 1,458 cases from Kargil, were found negative on Thursday, they added.
Of the total 34 recoveries, 26 patients in Leh and eight in Kargil were discharged, they said.
The number of active cases has come down to 262, of which 225 are in Leh and 37 are in Kargil district, the officials said.
No deaths have been reported for the past 12 days in Ladakh.
A total of 202 people have died due Covid in the union territory. The death toll in Kargil stands at 58 while the rest 144 patients have died in Leh district, they said.
Besides this, 87.27 percent of population above the age of 45 years has been vaccinated across the Jammu and Kashmir.
Officials said, no new confirmed case of Mucormycosis has been reported, thus the total number of confirmed cases remains 29 in the UT.
According to the daily Media Bulletin, out of 3,16,291 positive cases, 4,209 are Active Positive, 3,07,749 have recovered and 4,333 have died; 2,112 in Jammu division and 2,221 in Kashmir division.
The Bulletin further said that out of 1,00,77,056 test results available, 97,60,765 samples have been tested as negative till today.
Till date 24,46,492 persons have been enlisted for observation which included 13,014 persons in home quarantine including facilities operated by government, 4,209 in isolation and 2,29,554 in home surveillance. Besides, 21,95,382 persons have completed their surveillance period.