J&K reports one death, 78 fresh cases

    Jammu Tawi, Oct 20: Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday witnessed one death and 78 fresh positive cases taking the number of total active cases in the Union Territory to 800.

    With one more death, the death toll in the UT has reached 4,429 and 78 fresh positive cases reported on Wednesday have pushed the tally of positive cases to 331,299.

    Of the exact number of 331,299 cases, 207,084 are from Kashmir division and 124,215 from Jammu division.Among 78 new cases, 66 belong to Kashmir division while as 12 are from Jammu division, adding that the total number of positive cases in Kashmir division have reached to 207,084 including 204,157 recoveries and 2,254 deaths while as total number of positive cases in Jammu division have reached to 124,215 including 121,913 recoveries and 2,175 deaths.

    The officials said that the total number of active cases in Jammu and Kashmir are 800 including 673 from Kashmir division and 127 from Jammu division.

    With 80 more recoveries, the tally of total recoveries in Jammu and Kashmir has reached 326,070 which is 98.42 percent of the total cases.

    “Cases tested positive in J&K include 48 from Srinagar, 05 from Baramulla, 09 from Budgam, 00 from Pulwama, 01 from Kupwara, 01 from Anantnag, 01 from Bandipora, 01 from Ganderbal, 00 from Kulgam and 00 from Shopian in Kashmir division while as 12 from Jammu division include  08 from Jammu, 00 from Udhampur, 00 from Rajouri, 02 from Doda, 01 from Kathua, 00 from Samba, 00 from Kishtwar, 00 from Poonch, 00 from Ramban and 01 from Reasi,” officials disclosed.

    In Jammu division, 53,286 including 52,093 recoveries and 1,145 deaths are from Jammu district, 11,410 including 11,273 recoveries and 137 deaths are from Udhampur, 11,265 including 11,024 recoveries and 237 deaths are from Rajouri, 7,839 including 7,672 recoveries and 133 deaths are from Doda, 9,322 including 9,170 recoveries and 151 deaths are from Kathua, 7,152 including 7,030 recoveries and 120 deaths are from Samba, 4,817 including 4,773 recoveries and 44 deaths are from Kishtwar, 6,470 including 6,350 recoveries and 98 deaths are from Poonch, 6,038 including 5,970 recoveries and 67 deaths are from Ramban and 6,616 including 6,558 recoveries and 43 deaths are from Reasi.