The total number of active positive cases of coronavirus on Sunday crossed 10,000 in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir as it recorded more than 1,000 cases for the fourth day in succession.
On Sunday, a total number of 1316 cases were detected while 14 deaths were reported, seven each in Jammu & Kashmir division.
According to the media bulletin, “a total number of 4693 cases have been recorded in the last four days while 52 patients of Covid 19 died in J&k”.
The district administration in Jammu is currently conducting Rapid antigen testing across different work places. So far 34214 samples were tested out of which 1996 i.e 5.8 percent tested positive.
The tests were conducted across urban and rural pockets of the Jammu district and several service providers including bank employees, car showrooms, malls, common market places, and local clusters were covered during the sampling to assess the spread of the virus in the region.
According to the media bulletin, “ a total number of 668 cases were detected from Jammu division and 648 from Kashmir division thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 43557.
Moreover, 403 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged from various hospitals, 87 from Jammu Division and 316 from Kashmir Division.
According to the media bulletin, out of 43557 positive cases, 10446 are Active Positive, 32327 have recovered and 784 have died; 98 in Jammu division and 686 in Kashmir division.
The Bulletin further said that out of 1074998 test results available, 1031441 samples have been tested as negative till September 06, 2020.