J&K records another spike in daily cases

SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir recorded another jump in Covid-19 cases after 687 infections were detected on Sunday besides witnessing three deaths due to the disease, an official health bulletin said. The daily jump is the highest in the past 128 days.the active cases have increased by 164% to 3,531 from 1337 cases by the end of December.the UT is witnessing a steep rise in cases for the past five days with 418 cases on January 5, 349 cases on January 6, 542 cases on January 7 and 655 cases on Saturday. Apart from the past two days, the last time the UT had witnessed infections above 600 was in mid-june.

The first four days of January had recorded daily cases ranging between 165 and 199 while in December the union territory had reported 143 average cases daily. Of the total cases on Sunday, 437 cases and three deaths were reported in the Jammu division while Kashmir valley saw 250 infections.

Jammu division’s Jammu district reported the highest 292 cases followed by 39 in Kathua and 26 in Reasi. Kashmir valley witnessed 131 cases in summer capital Srinagar followed by 50 in Budgam and 42 in Baramulla. As many as 9 districts saw single-digit or zero cases.

Srinagar municipal corporation mayor Junaid Azim Mattu said that they would be giving Covid-19 vaccination booster shots to its workers.

“The SMC to facilitate booster shots for our frontline workers and also conduct an extensive Covid testing exercise both at the central and ward level. This is to ensure that there are no passive undetected positive cases and to ensure we do our bit to break the chain,” Mattu said. Jammu district has taken over with the highest number of active cases at 1,230 followed by Srinagar and Reasi districts with 796 and 294 active cases, respectively.

Jammu logs 437 cases, 187 more than Kashmir

JAMMU The Jammu region on Sunday logged 437 Covid 19 cases-187 more than Kashmir valley. Amid spike, the civil administration has started conducting sampling in civil secretariat, government offices, shopping complexes and market places to take preventive measures and arrest the spread of contagion. As per official figures, Jammu district recorded maximum cases from government offices and market places. The authorities have now decided to go for aggressive sampling in the crowded places.