Srinagar, September 27, 2021 : The Indian illegally Jammu and Kashmir reported 117 new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. 55 of the cases were reported from Jammu region and 62 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total case count to 329125. There was no death due to the virus during the time. So far 4422 people have died—2173 in Jammu and 2249 in Kashmir.
Meanwhile, there was no fresh confirmed case of mucormycosis (black fungus) reported today, they said. So far 46 black fungus cases have been confirmed in J&K, the officials added.
At least 32 students studying in a private educational institution in Thanamandi area of Rajouri district have been tested positive for Covid-19, officials said .
Official sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the school was opened for the first day today after which a team of health department visited the institution and conducted target sampling of the students.
Chief medical officer Rajouri, Dr Shamim told KNO that during sampling at least 32 students were found Covid-19 positive and they have been isolated.
She said that all the necessary measures as per standard operating procedures for containing the virus are being taken—