J&K logs 104 Covid infections; lowest in 53 days

Jammu and Kashmir witnessed one Covid-related death on Monday, while recording 104 fresh infections, the lowest daily total since December 30, an official health bulletin said. On Sunday, the union territory had logged 151 infections.

The third wave of Covid, which peaked on January 25 with 14 deaths and 6,570 cases, has now ebbed with below 200 daily cases for the past four days.

As many as 360 patients recovered, prompting the active cases to drop to 1,692.

The officials said 54,641 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours in the UT, taking the day’s test positivity rate (TPR) to 0.19%.

Of the total infections in J&K, Kashmir valley saw 19 infections and death, while 85 cases were reported in the Jammu division.

In Kashmir valley, Srinagar saw 12 new cases, followed by single-digit or zero cases in the rest of the nine districts. In the Jammu division, Doda district reported 29 cases followed by 24 in Kishtwar.

Health officials said that of the 4,838 beds dedicated for Covid patients, just over 1.22% or 59 are occupied in J&K.

The government’s daily health bulletin also said that 19,691 vaccine doses were administered taking overall doses administered in the UT to cross 2.137 crore.

The overall number of people who have recovered reached 4,45,971, while the recovery rate has reached 98.57%. Since the pandemic started, the overall cases in J&K have reached 4,52,410 and the death toll has reached 4,747.