Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 16: The union territory of Jammu & Kashmir reported 58 new cases of COVID-19 following which the total number of positive cases reached 1, 25,463. The bright spot was that no virus related death was reported in the past 24 hours or so.
Srinagar district reported 33 fresh cases of Corona Virus followed by Jammu district eight cases, Baramulla, Pulwama and Anantnag districts four cases each, Udhampur district two cases and Budgam, Kulgam & Poonch districts one case each. No case was reported from Rajouri, Doda, Kathua, Samba, Kishtwar, Ramban, Reasi, Kupwara, Bandipora, Ganderbal and Shopian districts.
The Jammu & Kashmir administration through the media bulletin informed that 58 new positive cases of novel Corona Virus (COVID-19), 11 from Jammu division and 47 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 1, 25,463.
Moreover, 46 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged from various hospitals including seven from Jammu division and 39 from Kashmir division. Out of 1, 25,463 positive cases, 629 are active positive, 1, 22,883 have recovered and 1,951 have died; 725 in Jammu division and 1226 in Kashmir division.
Out of 48, 92,000 test results available, 47, 66,537 samples have tested negative till date. Till date 12, 30,241 persons have been enlisted for observation which included 34,022 persons in home quarantine including facilities operated by government, 629 in isolation and 1, 07,396 in home surveillance. Besides, 10, 86,243 persons have completed their surveillance period.
The bulletin said that Srinagar has 26,597 positive cases, 245 active positive, 25,892 recovered, 460 deaths; Baramulla has 8,165 positive cases, 33 active positive, 7,957 recovered, 175 deaths; Budgam has 7,826 positive cases, 36 active positive, 7,672 recovered, 118 deaths; Pulwama has 5,797 positive cases, 36 active positive, 5,673 recovered, 88 deaths; Kupwara has 5,671 positive cases, six active positive, 5,569 recovered, 96 deaths.
"Anantnag has 4,964 positive cases, 38 active positive, 4,840 recovered, 86 deaths; Bandipora has 4,704 positive cases, 12 active positive, 4,630 recovered, 62 deaths; Ganderbal has 4,660 positive cases, 31 active positive, 4,582 recovered, 47 deaths; Kulgam has 2,712 positive cases, 13 active positive, 2,645 recovered, 54 deaths and Shopian has 2,587 positive cases, 14 active positive, 2,533 recovered, 40 deaths," reads the bulletin.
The bulletin said that Jammu has 25,105 positive cases, 86 active positive, 24,646 recovered, 373 deaths; Udhampur has 4,241 positive cases, 28 active positive, 4,156 recovered, 57 deaths; Rajouri has 3,873 positive cases, four active positive, 3,814 recovered, 55 deaths; Doda has 3,436 positive cases, six active positive, 3,366 recovered, 64 deaths; Kathua has 3,256 positive cases, 3,203 recovered, 53 deaths.
"Samba has 2,835 positive cases, nine active positive, 2,786 recovered, 40 deaths; Kishtwar has 2,733 positive cases, one active positive, 2,710 recovered, 22 deaths; Poonch has 2,520 positive cases, 25 active positive, 2,471 recovered, 24 deaths; Ramban has 2,135 positive cases, 2,114 recovered, 21 deaths and Reasi has 1,646 positive cases, six active positive, 1,624 recovered, 16 deaths," reads the bulletin. Out of 1, 25,463 positive cases in J&K, 11,976 have been reported as travelers.
The bulletin has informed the people that, the best way to protect themselves from COVID-19 is by maintaining physical distance of at least two meters from others, frequently cleaning hands with an alcohol based hand sanitizer or washing them with soap and water and following good respiratory etiquette and hygiene. As a measure for social distancing in public places and workplaces wearing a face cover is compulsory. |
