Recording a highest ever jump in one single day, a total number of 33 suspected cases of coronavirus tested positive in Jammu & Kashmir on Wednesday, taking the total tally of positive cases to 158.
As the situation is turning grim in certain pockets of Kashmir valley, the Government on Wednesday decided to conduct door to door testing of people residing in Red Zones in strict manner so that chain of covid-19 virus would be broken.
A total number of 51 villages spread across nine districts of the state have been declared red-zones in Jammu & Kashmir.
Chairing a review meeting, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, who is overall in-charge of Coronavirus Control efforts in Kashmir Division Wednesday said that everyone in the society has to play its due role in breaking the chain of deadly Covid-19 pandemic. He also urged the people to inform the administration in case they know any foreign traveller who has recently arrived from abroad in their neighbourhood, family, friend and social circle, in the larger interest of public.
According to the daily media bulletin on Covid-19, "out of 33 new positive cases, 03 from Jammu and 30 from Kashmir division, have been reported on Wednesday thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 158. Further, out of 158 positive cases, 149 are Active Positive, 06 have recovered and 03 have died so far.
Furthermore, till date 40336 travellers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been put under surveillance which include 8494 persons in home quarantine including facilities operated by government, 518 in Hospital Quarantine, 130 in hospital isolation and 23364 under home surveillance. Besides, 7830 persons have completed their 28-day surveillance period.
The Bulletin further said that till date 2269 samples have been sent for testing of which 2116 have tested as negative.
In another related development, the Government Wednesday ordered that wearing of masks is mandatory for all officers, staff and visitors in Civil Secretariat. The step is part of various preventive measures taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the Civil Secretariat.
In this regard, the General Administrative Department (GAD) issued an order today. In Jammu division, the government agencies are still tracking down contacts of positive cases of those religious leaders who had attended religious congregation in Nizamuddin markaz. On Tuesday, out of six positive cases, five of them had come in contact with those who had attended the same congregation in the month of March. A total number of 22 samples were taken out of which 17 had tested negative and five turned out to be positive.