Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday informed that 786 fresh COVID cases were detected in JK in last 24 hours, thus taking the total number of positive cases to 37,163.
The erstwhile state also reported 9 COVID deaths, 3 from Jammu and 6 from Kashmir division.
Moreover, 490 more COVID patients have recovered and discharged from various hospitals, 108 from Jammu division and 382 from Kashmir.
According to the daily bulletin, out of 37163 positive cases, 7959 are Active Positive, 28510 have recovered and 694 have died; 63 in Jammu division and 631 in Kashmir.
The bulletin further said that out of 9,56,733 test results available, 919570 samples have been tested as negative till August 30, 2020.
Till date, 4,58,984 travellers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been enlisted for observation which included 45176 persons in home quarantine including facilities operated by government, 7959 in isolation and 45033 under home surveillance. Besides, 360122 persons have completed their surveillance period.
The administration has also evacuated about 3,72,039 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures.
As per the official data received in this regard, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has received 130 special trains at Jammu and Udhampur railway stations from different states and UTs, so far, with about 1,13,011 passengers while about 2,59,028 persons from other states and UTs including 929 from abroad have been evacuated by the government through Lakhanpur till date.
As per the detailed breakup of the figures, about 2383 stranded passengers including 01 from Nepal have entered through Lakhanpur from August 29 to August 30 mornings while 1048 passengers have reached today in the 109th Delhi COVID special train at Jammu. So far, 109 trains have reached Jammu with a total of 97,315 stranded passengers belonging to different districts while 15,696 passengers have reached Udhampur in 21 special trains, so far.
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