COVID vaccination: Jammu and Kashmir achieves 100% coverage of first dose for all above 18 years

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir has achieved the milestone of 100 per cent coverage of the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine for the age group of 18 years and above across all 20 districts, according to the Union Territory administration.

According to the official data, as many as 82,229 doses of COVID vaccine were administered in the last 24 hours across the UT bringing the cumulative number of doses administered to 1,34,94,675.

Meanwhile, a total of 93 fresh COVID-19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours



in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the total number of infected persons to 3,30,834, the UT administration said on Thursday.

As many as 21 fresh cases were reported from the Jammu division, while 72 others were detected from the Kashmir division. Srinagar reported the highest of 47 cases, followed by 12 in Baramulla.

The number of active cases was 935, while 3,25,473 patients have recovered from the disease. The total number of deaths due to the virus was 4,426 as no fresh death took place in the last 24 hours.