Srinagar: At least 47 army and paramilitary personnel were among 1329 new cases of novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir in last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday.
With 69 travelers among them, the fresh cases— 741 from Jammu and 588 from Kashmir Valley—take the total case count to 56654. This is for the thirteenth day in a row that J-K had reported cases in excess of 1000.
Giving district wise breakup of the cases, the officials said that Srinagar recorded 148 cases, Budgam 127, Baramulla 20, Pulwama 70, Anantnag 57, Kupwara 43, Bandipora 38, Kulgam 15, Ganderbal 59, Shopian 11, Jammu 254, Udhampur 51, Rajouri 105, Kathua 62, Samba 31, Poonch 38, Ramban 26, Doda 114, Reasi 15 and Kishtwar 45.
A number of cases were confirmed at CD and SKIMS laboratories and include 26 from BB Cantt, 16 from BSF, five from CRPF besides 10 minors. (GNS)
