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J&K reports 1,440 new cases, lowest in 52 days; tally crosses 3 lakh mark

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KM/Umar Ganie

23 more deaths takes toll to 4,074

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir continued showing decline in the number of daily Covid-19 cases with 1440 infections, lowest single-day tally in 52 days, recorded in the last 24 hours even as 23 people succumbed to the virus during the time, officials said on Sunday.

They said 338 cases were confirmed from Jammu division and 1,102 from Kashmir, taking the total case tally to 300490. On April 15, J&K reported 1441 cases.

Regarding the deaths, they said, eight were reported from Jammu division and 15 from Kashmir, taking the total fatality count to 4,074.

Moreover, 3,099 more COVID-19 patients have recovered—920 from Jammu and 2179 from Kashmir. There are 26741 active cases in J&K —9620 in Jammu and 17121 in Kashmir.

Providing district wise details, the officials said that Srinagar reported 264 cases, Baramulla 136, Budgam 145, Pulwama 123, Kupwara 103, Anantnag 86, Bandipora 40, Ganderbal 45, Kulgam 140, Shopian 20, Jammu 70, Udhampur 13, Rajouri 46, Doda 47, Kathua 21, Samba 16, Kishtwar 10, Poonch 70, Ramban 27 and Reasi 18.