Fourteen patients of Covid-19 died in Jammu & Kashmir while 1,355 fresh cases of coronavirus were detected taking the total tally of cases close to 46,000 on Tuesday.
Out of these the active positive cases stood at 11,859 while a total number of 815 patients have died so far.
Out of all the districts, Jammu district continues to report more than 450 cases on a daily basis. Several employees working in different government offices, bank employees, traffic cops, Jammu university employees and other service providers were found infected during Rapid
Antigen Testing going on across the district since August 26.
Out of 11859 active positive cases, Jammu district alone accounted for 3844 cases while active positive cases in Srinagar stood at 1435.According to the media bulletin, out of 1355 new positive cases, 785 were reported from Jammu division and 570 from Kashmir division.
In addition, 14 COVID-19 deaths have been reported; 08 from Jammu division and 06 from Kashmir Division.
On a recovery front, 491 more COVID-19 patients were fully recovered and discharged from various hospitals, 74 from Jammu Division and 417 from Kashmir Division.
According to the media bulletin, out of 45925 positive cases, 11859 are Active Positive, 33251 have recovered and 815 have died; 113 in Jammu division and 702 in Kashmir division.