STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded 151 new positive cases of COVID, 16 from Jammu division and 135 from Kashmir division, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 332911.
Moreover, 69 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 16from Jammu Division and 53 from Kashmir Division.
According to daily Media Bulletin, out of 332911 positive cases, 1091 are Active Positive (123 in Jammu Division and 969 in Kashmir Division), 327380 have recovered and 4440 have died; 2177 in Jammu division and 2263in Kashmir division.
The Bulletin further said that out of 16431710 test results available, 332911 samples have tested positive and 16098799 samples have been tested as negative till date. Besides, 41,649 COVID tests have been conducted in last 24 hours.
Till date 3895864 persons have been enlisted for observation which included 6067 persons in home quarantine including facilities operated by government, 1091 in isolation and 446559 in home surveillance. Besides, 3437707 persons have completed their surveillance period.
Meanwhile, only one fresh Covid-19 case was reported in Ladakh in the last 24 hours, officials here said.
A total of eight patients recovered on Friday bringing down the tally of active cases to 91. Seven patients were discharged from Leh after treatment, and one recovered in Kargil, a government official said.
The number of overall cases in Ladakh so far has been 21,006.
The Union Territory has registered one death and 44 cases since the beginning of this month with majority of the cases reported from Leh district.
The new case was detected in Leh, taking the district tally to 17,387, the official said, adding that compared to Leh, Kargil district has only recorded 3,619 COVID-19 cases since the outbreak of the virus last year.
Ladakh has so far registered 209 Covid-related deaths — 151 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — while a total of 20,706 patients have recovered from the infection.
There are currently 87 active cases in Leh and four in Kargil. No death was reported from the UT on Friday.