Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday informed that 1,316 fresh COVID cases were detected in last 24 hours thus taking the total number of cases in JK to 43,557.
The erstwhile state also reported 14 COVID- 07 from Jammu division and 07 from Kashmir.
Moreover, 403 more COVID patients have recovered and discharged from various hospitals, 87 from Jammu and 316 from Kashmir division.
According to the daily media bulletin, out of 43557 positive cases, 10446 are Active Positive, 32327 have recovered and 784 have died; 98 in Jammu division and 686 in Kashmir division.
The bulletin further said that out of 1074998 test results available, 1031441 samples have been tested as negative till September 06, 2020.
Till date, 4,77,902 travellers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been enlisted for observation which included 41386 persons in home quarantine including facilities operated by government, 10446 in isolation and 48789 under home surveillance. Besides, 376497 persons have completed their surveillance period.
The administration has also evacuated about 4,03,111 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 administration has received 137 special trains at Jammu and Udhampur railway stations from different states and UTs, so far, with about 1,20,443 passengers while about 2,82,668 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 3637 stranded passengers have entered through Lakhanpur from September 05 to September 06 mornings while 1104 passengers have reached today in the 116th Delhi COVID special train at Jammu. So far, 116 trains have reached Jammu with a total of 104,747 stranded passengers belonging to different districts while 15,696 passengers have reached Udhampur in 21 special trains, so far.
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