The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir Thursday reported 718 positive cases of coronavirus while nine more patients died taking the total tally of cases to 16,429.
Out of these 718 cases, 98 were travelers while 620 cases were reported from different districts of J&k. Significantly, three districts of Srinagar, Kulgam and Shopian reported 158, 106 and 109 cases respectively.
According to the media bulletin, “the fresh cases include 117 from Jammu division and 601 from Kashmir. According to official sources at least 50 CRPF personnel tested positive before joining their duties.
In Jammu division, Jammu district reported 47 fresh cases followed by Ramban from where 20 patients tested positive while Rajouri district reported 15 cases.
Nine districts of Kashmir valley observed complete lock down while Jammu district will observe weekend lockdown from Friday evening till Monday morning.
According to the media bulletin, out of 16429 cases, the number of active positive cases stood at 7438 while 8709 patients have recovered so far while the death toll has climbed to 282.
The Srinagar district has the highest tally of 2268 positive cases followed by 730 in Baramulla and 559 in Pulwama.
In Jammu division, Rajouri district has the highest number of 379 active positive cases followed by the Jammu district with 233 cases and Ramban with 194 active positive cases.