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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday recorded 661 new coronavirus cases, raising the infection count to 1,05,376, while four more fatalities pushed the death toll to 1,622, officials said.
Of the fresh cases, 253 were reported from the Jammu division and 408 from the Kashmir division, they said.
The officials said Srinagar district recorded the highest number of 169 cases, followed by 98 in Jammu.
There are 5,678 active cases now in the UT, while 98,076 patients have recovered, they said.
The UT reported four COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours — two each from Jammu and Kashmir regions, the officials said.
COVID-19 caseload in India breaches 90-lakh mark
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload surpassed the 90-lakh mark on Friday with 45,882 new cases, while the recoveries surged to 84.28 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 93.6 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The total coronavirus cases mounted to 90,04,365 and the death toll climbed to 1,32,162 with the novel coronavirus virus claiming 584 lives in a span of 24 hours in the country, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.46 per cent.There are 4,43,794 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 4.92 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 12,95,91,786 samples have been tested up to November 20 with 10,83,397 samples being tested on Thursday.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5. It went past 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11 and crossed 80 lakh on October 29.
The 584 new fatalities include 154 from Maharashtra, 98 from Delhi, 53 from West Bengal, 39 from Uttar Pradesh, 26 each from Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka, 20 from Haryana, 19 from Tamil Nadu and 15 from Punjab. A total of 1,32,162 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 46,356 from Maharashtra followed by 11,604 from Karnataka, 11,550 from Tamil Nadu, 8,041 from Delhi, 7,873 from West Bengal, 7,480 from Uttar Pradesh, 6,910 from Andhra Pradesh, 4,556 from Punjab and 3,830 from Gujarat.
The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
“Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
Meanwhile, a Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) plant was installed at the government medical college (GMC) hospital here to provide uninterruptible oxygen supply for COVID-19 and other patients at the facility, officials said.
The installation of such vital equipment, first of its kind in the union territory, will be beneficial in order to meet any exigency, an official spokesman said.
Presently, the oxygen supply to critical patient care areas was being managed through the manifold system which required oxygen cylinders for its functioning, he said “The LMO plant installed under the guidance of Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo was completed well before the deadline,” the spokesman said.