STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR/LEH: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday recorded 32 fresh Covid cases– 17 from Jammu division and 15 from Kashmir division– thus taking the total number of positive cases in the Union Territory to 454501.
According to the daily Media Bulletin, out of 454501 positive cases, 163are Active Positive (109 in Jammu Division and 54 in Kashmir Division), 449586 have recovered and 4752 have died; 2328 in Jammu division and 2424in Kashmir division.
The Bulletin further said that out of 25655875 test results available, 454501samples have tested positive and 25201374 samples have been tested as negative till date. Besides, 10,067 COVID tests have been conducted in last 24 hours. Providing district-wise breakup for positive cases during the past 24 hours, the Bulletin stated that Jammu reported 17 cases; Srinagar, 10; Baramulla three and Budgam district reported two cases while no other district across the Union Territory reported any fresh case.
Meanwhile, Ladakh’s Covid tally increased to 28,310 as three more people tested positive for the viral disease in the union territory, officials said.
All of the fresh cases were detected in Leh district, they said.
So far, 228 people have succumbed to COVID-19 in Ladakh. Of these, 168 deaths were reported from Leh and 60 from Kargil, according to the officials.
The officials said the number of active COVID-19 cases in Ladakh stands at 26 — 24 in Leh and two in Kargil.
A total of 4,454 people, including over 2,000 air passengers, were screened for COVID-19 in Leh and Kargil districts on Saturday, they said.
Three people were discharged from hospitals in Leh after recovering from the disease. With this, the total number of recoveries stands at 28,056, the officials said.
