878 positive cases in district, 84 deaths recorded since outbreak of virus in March 2020
Raja Syed Rather
Ganderbal, Jan 31 (KNO): The active positive Covid-19 cases in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district have mounted to 878 while the district has also recorded 84 deaths so far since the outbreak of the virus in Jammu and Kashmir in March 2020.
Health officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that in Ganderbal district, 13,245 people have caught the virus since its outbreak, adding that 84 people have also died due to the pandemic.
An official said that Ganderbal district has 98 per cent recovery rate while positivity rate is only 2 per cent as compared to other districts of the Valley. “This has been possible only after tracing the suspects, and to put the suspected people and their primary contacts in home quarantine,” he said.
He said that 94 vaccination sites have been set up within the district and 100 percent of the population of over 18-years of age has received the first and second jabs respectively.
An official said the random screening and testing in the hotspot villages and coordination with the police and health workers has helped them in identifying the suspect cases.
An official while talking to KNO appealed people to come forward and get vaccinated to help fighting the virus effectively and adhere to the Covid Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) in letter and spirit—(KNO)
