Jammu Kashmir on Thursday recorded 115 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday taking the overall tally in Jammu Kashmir to 2036, however, the Thursday figure was much less compared to 162 cases on Wednesday.
Wednesday was the highest spike in a single day in coronavirus cases, the number of fatalities has risen to 27 in the region after the 55-year old man from north Kashmir‘s Khanpora, died at a hospital in Srinagar on Wednesday.
24 of all Covid fatalities in the UT are from Kashmir division and three are from the Jammu division, Officials said that of the new 115 positive cases, 101 were reported in Kashmir while 14 were in Jammu division.
Five patients were discharged after recovery – one from Jammu division and four from Kashmir. So far, 859 out of the total 2036 cases have recovered, 763 of those are from Kashmir and 65 are from the Jammu division, At present, active cases in Kashmir stand at 849 and 301 in Jammu.
Till date, 1.55 lakh people in contact with suspected cases have been put under surveillance — 37,009 in home quarantine, 55 in hospital quarantine and 38,021 under home surveillance. Besides these, 79,474 people have completed their 28-day surveillance.
Meanwhile 15 domestic flights with 1574 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports on Day 4 of resumption of the air services in the Union Territory of Jammu Kashmir.