COVID-19 tally crosses 10,000-mark: 87 fresh cases from Jammu, 181 from Kashmir

Ustad Mohalla declared containment/red zone; Lockdown imposed

12/07/2020

JAMMU, Jul 11: Jammu and Kashmir's COVID-19 tally crossed the 10,000-mark on Saturday with 268 fresh infections, while the death toll climbed to 169 as 10 more patients succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, officials said.
Twelve security personnel were among those who tested positive, they said.
With Saturday's fresh cases, the total number of infected people in Jammu and Kashmir has climbed to 10,516, the officials said.
Of the fresh cases, 181 were reported from Kashmir and 87 from the Jammu region, they said.
Srinagar district in central Kashmir recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 67, followed by 37 each in Baramulla and Kupwara districts in the north, they added.
There are 4,092 active cases in the union territory and 5,895 patients have recovered from the infection.
The cases detected on Saturday included 62 people who had returned to the union territory recently.
Of the total 10,516 cases, 7,975 are in Kashmir and 2,181 are in the Jammu region, the officials said.
"Ten people, who were COVID-19 positive, have died over the past 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir," they said.
This has taken the death toll in the union territory to 169. Of these, 153 were from the valley and 16 were from the Jammu region.
District Magistrate Jammu, Sushma Chauhan, vide powers conferred upon her under section 144 of CrPC read with relevant provisions under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and the Disaster Management Act, 2005, has declared Ustad Mohalla (Municipal Ward No 9), falling under Police Station Pacca Danga, as containment /red zone and imposed strict lockdown and tight perimeter control, except for essential needs.
However, for any medical emergency, individuals can contact 24X7 control room at 0191-2571616, 0191-2571912 and necessary facilitation shall be done.
As per an order issued today by the DM, “Any violation of this order shall invite punitive action under section 188 of Indian Penal Code and other relevant sections of Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and the Disaster Management Act, 2005.”
According to the daily Media Bulletin on novel Corona virus (Covid-19), out of 10156 positive cases, 4092 are Active Positive, 5895 have recovered and 169 have died; 16 in Jammu division and 153 in Kashmir division.
The Bulletin further said that out of 445169 test results available, 435013 samples have been tested as negative till July 11, 2020.
Additionally, till date 311254 travelers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been enlisted for surveillance which included 38650 persons in home quarantine including facilities operated by government, 36 in Hospital Quarantine, 4,092 in hospital isolation and 45156 under home surveillance. Besides, 223151 persons have completed their surveillance period.
Providing district-wise breakup, the Bulletin said that Bandipora has 336 positive cases with 44 Active Positive, 289 recovered (including 06 cases recovered today) and 03 deaths; Srinagar has 1611 positive cases (including 67 cases reported today) with 1075 Active Positive, 494 recovered, 42 deaths; Anantnag district has 781 positive cases (including 06 cases reported today), with 175 Active Positive, 592 recovered (including 01 case recovered today), 14 deaths; Baramulla has 1288 positive cases (including 37 cases reported today) with 743 Active Positive, 513 recovered, 32 deaths; Shopian has 888 positive cases (including 01 case reported today) with 198 Active Positive, 674 recovered (including 11 cases recovered today) and 16 deaths; Kupwara has 746 positive cases (including 37 cases reported today) with 264 Active Positive, 473 recovered (including 15 cases reported today) and 09 deaths; Budgam has 532 positive cases (including 04 cases reported today) with 213 Active Positive and 307 recovered cases (including 14 cases recovered today) and 12 deaths; Ganderbal has 161 positive cases (including 01 case reported today) with 73 active positive cases and 86 recoveries and 02 deaths; Kulgam has 987 positive cases (including 23 cases reported today), with 313 Active Positive and 656 recoveries (including 09 cases recovered today) and 18 deaths and Pulwama reported 645 positive cases (including 05 cases reported today) with 297 active positive cases and 343 recovered (including 39 cases recovered today) and 05 deaths.
Similarly, Jammu has 473 positive cases (including 21 cases reported today) with 135 active positive cases and 329 recoveries (including 07 cases recovered today) and 09 deaths; Udhampur has 301 positive cases (including 03 cases reported today) with 53 active positive cases, 247 recovered (including 01 case recovered today) and 01 death; Samba has 224 positive cases (including 06 cases reported today) with 86 Active Positive and 137 recoveries and 01 death; Rajouri has 269 positive cases (including 29 cases reported today) with 180 active positive cases and 88 recovered and 01 death; Kathua has 292 positive cases (including 20 cases reported today) with 81 Active positive and 210 recovered (including 04 recoveries today) and 01 death; Kishtwar has 45 positive cases (including 01 case reported today) with 20 active positive cases and 25 recovered; Ramban has 254 positive cases with 48 active positive and 206 recoveries; Reasi has 57 positive cases (including 04 cases reported today) with 18 active positive and 39 recovered; Poonch has 142 positive cases (including 03 cases reported today) with 22 active positive and 119 recoveries (including 02 cases recovered today) and 01 death while Doda has 124 positive cases with 54 active positive cases and 68 recoveries and 02 deaths.
According to the bulletin, of the total 10156 positive cases in J&K 2821 have been reported as travelers while 7335 as others.
The Bulletin said that the breakup represents districts from which the patients have been traced or are ordinarily residing.

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