Leaves of health officials in Jammu division cancelled
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: While Jammu and Kashmir recorded 418 fresh Covid cases on Wednesday, taking the infection tally to 3,42,419, while no new death due to the virus was reported in the Union Territory, the leave of health officials in the Jammu Division has been cancelled in view of sudden surge.
Out of the fresh cases, 311 were from the Jammu division and 107 from the Kashmir division, they said.
The number of daily positive cases has doubled in the last 24 hours as 199 cases were detected on Tuesday.
Complete restrictions in J&K from 9 PM to 6 AM
JAMMU: Following the increase in number of COVID-19 cases in the entire J&K, the UT government has ordered that there shall be a complete restriction on non-essential movement in the entire UT of J&K from 9:00PM to 6:00AM till further Orders.
According to an order issued by Chief Secretary as Chairperson State Executive Committee, “In continuation to the Covid-19 containment measures Ordered under Section 24 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, vide Government Order No. 01-JK ( DMRRR) of 2022 dated 02-01- 2022 and in reference to the meeting held under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary, J&K (Chairman State Executive Committee) along with the ACS (Health and Medical Education) and other senior Health functionaries on 05.01.2022 regarding the increase in number of COVID-19 cases in the entire J&K it is hereby Ordered that there shall be a complete restriction on non-essential movement in the entire UT of J&K from 9:00PM to 6:00AM till further Orders.”
Reasi district recorded a maximum of 156 cases followed by 109 cases in Jammu district.
There are 1,819 active cases in the Union Territory, while the number of recovered patients was 3,36,070, the officials said.
The death toll in the Union Territory was 4,530 as no fresh fatality was reported in the past 24 hours.
The officials said there were 51 confirmed cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) in Jammu and Kashmir as no fresh case was reported since Tuesday evening.
Meanwhile, As per an order issued by the Director Health Services Jammu, leave of all Health staff including doctors, paramedics and other officials has been cancelled in view of sudden surge in Covid-19 cases in Jammu division.
As per the order, directions have been issued to all Chief Medical Officers and Medical Superintendents not to grant leave, except for Medical and Emergency conditions, to health care workers with immediate effect.
In a related development, Ladakh has reported 32 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total count to 22,321 out of which 21,836 patients have cured while the active cases in the union territory has gone down to 265, officials said.
The union territory has recorded 220 Covid-related deaths — 162 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year, they said.
Sixteen patients were cured and discharged from hospitals from Ladakh.
Of the total 32 fresh cases, 23 were reported from Leh and 9 from Kargil district, they said. A total of 785 sample reports in Ladakh were found negative, they said.
Out of 265 active COVID-19 cases in Ladakh, 205 were reported in Leh and 60 in Kargil district.