STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: While 187 new Covid cases were recorded on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Territory of Ladakh logged 28 positive cases.
Officials said 24 cases were reported from Jammu division and 163 from Kashmir division, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 335203.Also, 02 COVID deaths have been reported from Kashmir Division. Moreover, 158 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 34from Jammu Division and 124 from Kashmir Division.
On COVID vaccination, the officials said that 48,875doses of COVID vaccine have been administered in the last 24 hours bringing the cumulative number of doses administered across J&K to1,61,40,344.
According to the daily Media Bulletin, out of 335203 positive cases, 1696 are Active Positive (252 in Jammu Division and 1444 in Kashmir Division), 329046 have recovered and 4461 have died; 2182 in Jammu division and 2279in Kashmir division.
The Bulletin further said that out of 17136262 test results available, 335203 samples have tested positive and 16801059 samples have been tested as negative till date. Besides, 50,067 COVID tests have been conducted in last 24 hours.
Till date 4199383 persons have been enlisted for observation which included 5546 persons in home quarantine including facilities operated by government, 1696 in isolation and 434047 in home surveillance. Besides, 3753633 persons have completed their surveillance period.
Meanwhile, Ladakh has reported 28 new cases of COVID-19 in last one day, pushing the overall tally to 21,298, officials said.
Of 224 active cases in the Union Territory, Leh has 216 and Kargil eight, the officials said.
Out of 2069 tests conducted on Friday, 27 returned positive in Leh and one in Kargil, they said.
No death was reported in last 24 hours from here, officials said.
Ladakh has so far registered 212 Covid-related deaths — 154 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.
It has witnessed a spurt in the positive cases since the beginning of this month, recording four COVID-related deaths and 336 new cases with most of them being reported from Leh.
The officials said 13 Coronavirus-infected patients were discharged from a hospital in Leh and two others in Kargil, thereby taking the number of recoveries in Ladakh to 20,862 — 97.95 percent of the virus caseload.