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Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 6: Worries ahead for authorities as Srinagar-the summer capital of the Union Territory (UT) of J&K, is emerging as a hotspot with a spike in positive cases.
In the last 24 hours, the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir recorded 151 fresh COVID-19 positive cases out of which 79 cases were reported alone from Srinagar district.
On Friday the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir had recorded 109 fresh COVID-19 positive cases out of which 64 cases were reported alone from Srinagar district. On Thursday J&K recorded 99 COVID positive cases and 48 cases were tested positive from Srinagar district alone.
Out of the total of active 1091 positive cases in J&K, 554 active COVID-19 positive cases are in Srinagar district alone, which is a clear indication that summer capital has again emerged as Corona ‘hotspot’ in the UT.
Already 82 micro containment zones have been recently declared in Srinagar after a spike in positive cases. Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, who is also the Chairman of District Disaster Management Authority(DDMA) has said on Friday the recent spike in COVID-19 positive cases has prompted the district administration to impose some restrictions to save precious lives of the citizens.
The Deputy Commissioner said that the Srinagar administration was mulling for localized lock-down in some specific areas of the city if the numbers of positive cases do not decrease. The DC further said Srinagar has witnessed a spike in Corona cases in the past week, prompting the administration to declare some areas in the city as containment zones.
Giving details, the DC said out of total active Covid-19 positive cases in the J&K, about half of them come from the Srinagar district only. While other than Srinagar District, cases reported from 19 other districts are either in single-digit or no case at all. He further said currently there are 82 containment zones in the Srinagar district. |
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