Salman Shah
The Covid 19 infection is showing a massive upsurge in Jammu Kashmir, despite the authorities taking full-fledged measures to stop its furthering. On Saturday, nine deaths have been reported from Jammu Kashmir, eight in the valley and one in Jammu region.
Hospital officials told The Kashmiriyat that nine more people, who had been tested positive for the coronavirus pandemic died of the virus, mounting the death toll to 312.
615 people including 145 travelers were tested positive for the novel coronavirus infections taking the count to 17920. These include 209 cases from Srinagar, Baramulla 14, Kulgam 2, Shopian 27, Anantnag 25, Kupwara 17, Pulwama 25, Budgam 88, Bandipora 41, Ganderbal 31, Jammu 37, Kathua 5, Rajouri 33, Udhampur 6, Ramban 15, Samba 10, Doda 14, Poonch 14 and Reasi 2.
Seven more persons died of Covid on Sunday, the deceased include a 58-year-old cop from Kupwara, an 80-year-old man from Beerwah Budgam and a 75-year-old man from Karan Bagh Jammu.
288 from Kashmir division and 23 from Jammu division have died so far due to the Covid-19, an official posted at SKIMS told The Kashmiriyat.
The Administration led by Lieutenant Governor has appealed the general public to follow the norms to fight the novel pandemic, Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu also asked people to maintain physical distancing and wear masks.
Meanwhile, the cases continue to see a spike and the current tally is at 17,920 positive cases, 7680 cases are active, while 9928 persons have been recovered so far.
The number of positive cases in India has crossed 13.9 Lakhs, while the death toll has reached 32,063. Nearly 48,916 people have been tested positive for the infection in the last 24 hours in India. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat have reported the highest number of cases.
As per John Hopkins, Globally more than 1,62,64,212 cases have been reported while as the death toll has reached 6,49,473 .