‘Srinagar registers spike of 230 cases'
Jammu Tawi, July 27: Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday reported 692 fresh cases of Covid-19, pushing the number of active cases to 4,074 while two deaths were reported in the UT one each at Poonch in Jammu and Kulgam in Kashmir valley in the last 24 hours taking death toll to 4765
An official bulletin said that among 692 new cases, 431 belong to Kashmir division while as 261 to Jammu division.
He said that the total number of positive cases in Kashmir have reached to 291,427 including 286,849 recoveries and 2,427 deaths, while total number of positive cases in Jammu division have reached to 170,520 including 166,259 recoveries and 2,338 deaths.
He further said that the total number of active cases in Jammu and Kashmir are 4,075 including 2,151 from Kashmir division and 1,923 from Jammu division.
With 432 more recoveries, the tally of total recoveries in J&K has reached to 453,108 which are 98.10 percent of the total cases.
“Among the fresh 692 cases today, 230 are from Srinagar, 99 from Baramulla, 23 from Budgam, 01 from Pulwama 10 from Kupwara, 22 from Anantnag, 15 from Bandipora, 27from Ganderbal, 04 from Kulgam and 00 from Shopian in Kashmir division while 261 are from Jammu division that include 167 from Jammu district, 10 from Udhampur, 21 from Rajouri, 13 from Doda, 03 from Kuthua , 14 from Samba, 13 from Kishtwar, 07 from Poonch, 13 from Ramban and 00 from Reasi,” said the official.
As per the daily information bulletin 6,695,895 persons in J&K are under observation while 110 persons have been kept under home quarantine besides 4,074 persons are in isolation.
