SRINAGAR — A day after registering a dip in fresh COVID-19 infections, Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday saw a significant rise in new cases with 4651 confirmed in the last 24 hours while three persons succumbed to the virus during the time, officials said.
They said 1546 of the fresh cases were confirmed from Jammu Division and 3105 from Kashmir valley, taking the overall tally to 3,66,851.
After 10 days of continuous daily rise, J&K had seen a dip in daily cases on Monday with 2827 while 3499 infections were reported on Sunday.
Giving district-wise details, the officials told GNS that Srinagar reported 957 cases, Baramulla 633, Budgam 411, Pulwama 96, Kupwara 209, Anantnag 253, Bandipora 139, Ganderbal 171, Kulgam 215, Shopian 21, Jammu 919, Udhampur 184, Rajouri 74, Doda 49, Kathua 94, Samba 109, Kishtwar 6, Poonch 18, Ramban 15 and Reasi 78.
Three persons also died during the time—two from Jammu division and one from Kashmir Valley. So far 4575 people have died due to the virus—2228 in Jammu division and 2347 in Kashmir Valley.
A number of these cases were confirmed at GMCs of Srinagar and Anantnag besides District Hospital Pulwama.
Besides, they said, 899 COVID-19 patients recovered during the time—549 from Jammu Division and 350 from Kashmir. So far 340599 people have recovered, leaving active case tally at 21677 — 8180 in Jammu and 13497 in Kashmir.
They said there was no new confirmed case of mucormycosis (black fungus) reported today. So far 51 black fungus cases have been confirmed in J&K, the officials said.
They also informed that 51060 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered during the time in J&K.
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