48 test +ve in Valley
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU/SRINAGAR/ LEH, Oct 15: Daily number of COVID positive cases today came down to 51—47 in Kashmir and four in Jammu while the UT of Ladakh reported six new cases, all in Leh district.
Jammu district registered three cases and Rajouri one while rest eight districts of the region didn’t report any new cases today.
Twenty one persons recovered from the virus leaving 194 active positive cases in the Jammu region.
All six COVID positive cases in Ladakh were reported from Leh district.
Ladakh now has 44 active positive cases—42 in Leh and two in Kargil.
Meanwhile, Forty-seven people tested positive for COVID-19 in Kashmir taking the number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 330,885 while active cases have come down to 895.
Those who tested positive include 27 from Srinagar, 04 from Baramulla, 05 from Budgam, 02 from Pulwama, 04 from Kupwara, 01 from Anantnag, 03 from Bandipora and 01 from Ganderbal.
As per officials figures, 74,869 positive cases including 842 deaths and 73,622 recoveries are from Srinagar, 24,434 including 282 deaths and 24,061 recoveries are from Baramulla, 23,709 including 23,421 recoveries and 207 deaths are from Budgam, 15,501 including 15,287 recoveries and 194 deaths are from Pulwama, 14,407 including 166 deaths and 14,210 recoveries are from Kupwara, 16,567 including 16,341 recoveries and 205 deaths are from Anantnag, 9,781 cases including 9,655 and 102 deaths are from Bandipora, 10,381 including 10,274 recoveries and 79 deaths are from Ganderbal, 11,479 including 11,362 recoveries and 117 deaths are from Kulgam and 5,607 including 5,549 recoveries and 58 deaths are from Shopian.
The number of positive cases in Kashmir division have reached to 206,735 including 203,782 recoveries and 2,252 deaths while as total number of positive cases in Jammu division have reached to 124,150 including 121,782 recoveries and 2,174 deaths.
The total number of active cases in Jammu and Kashmir are 895 including 701 from Kashmir division and 194 from Jammu division.
With 91 more recoveries, the tally of total recoveries in Jammu and Kashmir has reached 325,564 which is 98.39 percent of the total cases.
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