30 travellers among 66 new COVID-19 cases, one death in J&K

SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 66 new COVID-19 cases, including 30 travellers, in the last 24 hours, taking the total virus tally to 124785, officials said on Friday. Also, one more person died due to the virus, taking the fatality count to 1944.

Among the fresh cases, the officials said that 51 cases were reported from Kashmir Valley and 15 from Jammu division. Also, one district from Kashmir and six districts from Jammu division reported zero cases during the time. All other districts barring Srinagar reported cases in single-digit.

Giving the district-wise cases, they said, Srinagar reported 25, Baramulla 1, Budgam 8, Pulwama 5, Kupwara 1, Anantnag 6, Bandipora 1, Ganderbal 3, Kulgam 1, Shopian 0, Jammu 9, Udhampur 2, Rajouri 1, Doda 0, Kathua 2, Samba 0, Kishtwar 0, Poonch 1, Ramban 0 and Reasi 0.

Meanwhile, 63 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and were discharged from various hospitals—17 from Jammu Division and 46 from Kashmir.

With the fresh recoveries, 122187 patients have recovered so far while 1944 others have died, leaving the number of active positive cases at 654—127 in Jammu and 527 in Kashmir Valley.