More than fifteen hundred cases of coronavirus have been detected in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir in the last three days while 36 patients have died due to covid-19 during the same period.
On Friday, the total tally of coronavirus cases reached 12, 757 cases after 601 fresh cases were detected while 9 more patients died in J&k. So far, 231 patients have died, 18 in Jammu division and 213 in Kashmir division. On July 15, 493 positive cases were reported and on July 16, 490 cases were detected, sending alarm bells ringing among the health administrators working round the clock to control the situation from slipping out of hands.
According to the media bulletin, with 601 fresh cases of coronavirus the total number of cases Friday reached 12757. Out of this 5,968 are still active positive while a total number of 6,558 patients have recovered. Around 84 percent cases are active positive across 10 districts of Kashmir valley while 16 percent cases of active positive patients are spread across Jammu division.
Srinagar district alone has so far reported 31 percent active positive cases while Jammu district has only 3 percent active positive cases.
Srinagar district continues to record the highest number of positive cases in Kashmir valley. On Friday, 150 cases were detected in Srinagar followed by 82 cases from Shopian and 62 from Baramulla.
In Jammu division, Ramban district recorded the highest number of 41 cases followed by 21 from Kathua and 16 from Jammu district.