Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU/SRINAGAR/ LEH, July 31: Forty persons today tested positive for COVID-19 in Jammu division, 78 in Kashmir and four in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
Among 40 positive cases, 10 each were reported in Jammu and Doda, eight in Reasi, five Udhampur, two each in Rajouri, Kishtwar and Poonch districts and one in Ramban. Samba and Kathua districts didn’t report any new cases.
As many as 43 persons today recovered from the virus.
Jammu region now has 455 active positive cases.
The Union Territory of Ladakh today reported four new COVID positive cases, all in Leh district.
The UT of Ladakh has only 50 active positives.
Meanwhiles, Kashmir today reported 78 fresh cases of COVID-19 taking the Jammu and Kashmir tally of positive cases 321,462.
Those who tested positive include 19 from Srinagar, 15 from Baramulla, 9 from Budgam, 14 from Pulwama, 5 from Kupwara, 1 from Anantnag, 1 from Bandipora, 10 from Ganderbal and 4 from Kulgam.
As per officials figures, 71,389 positive cases including 832 deaths and 70,239 recoveries are from Srinagar, 23,625 including 282 deaths and 23,229 recoveries are from Baramulla, 22,895 including 22,622 recoveries and 205 deaths are from Budgam, 15,188 including 14,946 recoveries and 194 deaths are from Pulwama, 14,065 including 165 deaths and 13,866 recoveries are from Kupwara, 16,323 including 16,081 recoveries and 205 deaths are from Anantnag, 9,468 cases including 9,357 and 100 deaths are from Bandipora, 9,907 including 9,778 recoveries and 78 deaths are from Ganderbal, 11,261 including 11,114 recoveries and 117 deaths are from Kulgam and 5,584 including 5,516 recoveries and 58 deaths are from Shopian.
The number of cases in Kashmir division has reached 199,705 including 196,748 recoveries and 2,236 deaths.
The number of active cases in Jammu and Kashmir are 1,176 including 721 from Kashmir division.
With 113 more recoveries, the tally of total recoveries in Jammu and Kashmir has reached 315,908, which is 98.27 percent of the total cases.
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