Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday informed that 1079 fresh COVID cases were detected in last 24 hours, thus taking the total number of cases in JK to 39,943.
The erstwhile state also reported 11 COVID deaths- 3 from Jammu division and 08 from Kashmir.
Moreover, 680 more COVID patients have recovered and discharged from various hospitals, 104 from Jammu and 576 from Kashmir.
According to the daily bulletin, out of 39943 positive cases, 8441 are Active Positive, 30759 have recovered and 743 have died; 78 in Jammu division and 665 in Kashmir.
The bulletin further said that out of 1012892 test results available, 972949 samples have been tested as negative till September 03, 2020.
Till date, 4,69,980 travelers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been enlisted for observation which included 45703 persons in home quarantine including facilities operated by government, 8441 in isolation and 46644 under home surveillance. Besides, 368449 persons have completed their surveillance period.
Meanwhile, JK administration have also evacuated about 3,89,213 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 134 special trains at Jammu and Udhampur railway stations from different states and UTs, so far, with about 1,17,115 passengers while about 2,72,098 persons from other states and UTs including 934 from abroad have been evacuated by the government through Lakhanpur till date.
As per the detailed breakup of the figures, about 3809 stranded passengers including 02 from Nepal have entered through Lakhanpur from September 02 to September 03 mornings while 1072 passengers have reached today in the 113th Delhi COVID special train at Jammu. So far, 113 trains have reached Jammu with a total of 101,419 stranded passengers belonging to different districts while 15,696 passengers have reached Udhampur in 21 special trains, so far.
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