Despite observing strict lockdown and adopting other measures to contain the spread of coronavirus the total number of cases from Srinagar district are increasing with alarming rate.
On the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, 305 fresh cases were reported on Saturday taking the total tally of positive cases to 5,091 in Srinagar district alone.
So far 126 patients have died in Srinagar due to Covid 19 while the district accounted for 25 percent cases in the Union Territory alone.
On the other hand, 12 police officers, undergoing training at the police academy in Udhampur, tested positive on Saturday while 654 patients were discharged from different hospitals and sent home. The total number of positive cases stood at 20972 while active positive cases were 7713 and total recovered cases stood at 12871 in Jammu and Kashmir till late Saturday evening.
According to the media bulletin, “ a total number of 613 positive cases were detected in Jammu & Kashmir on Saturday. Out of this, 145 cases were reported from Jammu division and 468 from Kashmir division. 11 patients died due to covid 19 in Kashmir division taking the total tally to 388.
On its part the district authorities in Srinagar had implemented strict lockdown and also disallowed religious gatherings, restricted movement of people yet coronavirus is spreading its tentacles in the area.
In order to handle the rush of growing numbers of patients the UT administration had issued fresh guidelines related to management of asymptomatic Covid-19 patients to ease the burden on the health institutions.
Four other districts of Baramulla,Pulwama and Kulgam and Shopian continue to report a large number of positive cases. In Jammu division, districts of Rajouri, Poonch, Udhampur and Ramban along with Jammu district have been reporting the highest number of cases.