The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir on Monday recorded the highest ever tally of 751 positive cases of coronavirus while 10 more patients died due to Covid-19 taking the tally of total cases to 14,650.
For the first time, Jammu division also recorded more than 200 cases in one single day. According to the media bulletin, a total number of 751 cases of coronavirus were detected, 240 from Jammu and 511 from Kashmir division while 10 more deaths due to Covid-19 were reported taking the total tally to 254.
On the recovery front, a total number of 463 patients were discharged from the different hospitals taking the tally to 8,274.
In Jammu division, the highest number of 90 cases tested positive in Ramban while Udhampur recorded 33 cases, Doda 32 cases and Rajouri 23. In Kashmir valley, Srinagar district recorded 171 cases followed by Pulwama which recorded 111 cases and Shopian reported 62 new cases.
On the other hand, responding to the allegations that a large number of labourers were not being screened before allowing them entry in Kashmir valley, the government issued a clarification saying so far 14,002 samples of labourers arriving at Qazigund toll post from 14th to 20th of July 2020 for Covid-19 testing.
As per the official data received in this regard, the samples are being collected from the labourers who are arriving at Jammu and Kashmir from several other states and UTs.
According to the figures, a total of 1012 samples were collected on July 14, of which, only six samples were tested positive while results for the remaining 12990 of the total 14002 samples collected are awaited.
Pertinently, a total of 1012 samples were collected from the arriving labourers at Toll Post Qazigund on July 14; 2227 on July
15; 2099 on July 16; 2350 on July 17; 2893 samples were collected on July 18; 2000 on July 19; and 1421 on July 20 for coronavirus testing.