The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday recorded close to 5,000 fresh cases of coronavirus with both Jammu and Srinagar districts reporting more than 900 cases while three Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours.
The majority of front line health workers in different medical colleges and other health institutions have tested positive adversely impacting the health care services. To run the show the staff of Government Ayurvedic hospital has been diverted to the GMC Jammu along with final year MBBS students, nurses and other para-medical staff.
In Jammu region alone over 450 health care workers have been tested positive in the last couple of days while over 250 doctors and paramedics were isolated after they contracted coronavirus while delivering health care services in Kashmir valley. The UT administration has already stalled planned surgeries across different health institutions and running emergency services only to break the chain of coronavirus.
According to a health bulletin, the total active positive cases have crossed the barrier of 20,000 in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A total number of 4651 cases were detected on Tuesday, 3015 from Kashmir region and 1546 from Jammu region. More than 74,000 tests were conducted on Tuesday.
Night curfew has already been imposed in the UT to prevent the spread of the virus while all educational institutions have been closed down. Weekend curfew was also imposed last week.