A fresh spike reported from Jammu region where 93 persons including eight police, BSF and CRPF personnel, one of them an Inspector and another Sub Inspector, who was posted as Incharge GMC Jammu Police Post and an Ambulance driver instrumental in transporting Corona patients to hospitals, another Jammu and Kashmir Bank staffer (second in last two days) and a Railways employee posted at Katra, tested positive.
An elderly man from village Sial Sui in Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district died here becoming sixth COVID casualty in the region and first in Rajouri. 93 positive cases is highest in a day in Jammu region, the previous being 85 so far. Of six Corona casualties in Jammu region, three have been reported in Jammu district and one each in Udhampur, Doda and Rajouri districts. 14 persons tested positive for Coronavirus in Jammu district, included Incharge GMC Jammu Police Post, a Sub Inspector. He has been isolated and hospitalized.
Entire staff of the Police Post, the SHO Bakshi Nagar, his personal staff and family members of the Sub Inspector have been quarantined for sampling and source of infection to the SI is being ascertained. The police Corona warriors from GMC Police Post and the SHO Bakshi Nagar police station had to frequently visit the GMC Jammu which falls under their area of jurisdiction. The SHO Bakshi Nagar has been home quarantined as per protocol and directions of the UT Government. A 52-year-old Police Inspector from South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, who had returned from leave, has also tested positive for the virus. He was putting up at Gulshan Ground police quarters Jammu but was under quarantine after his return from the Valley. Other positives of Jammu district included an 11-year-old girl from Adarsh Enclave Extension 4 Trikuta Nagar with travel history of Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, a 53-year-old man from Talab Tillo, 27-year-old girl from Talab Tillo, 62-year-old woman from Paloura, 22-year-old youth from Ashok Nagar, 27-year-old youth from Bihar, who was working here for a local news channel, 24-year-old from Pathankot, presently working in Jammu, 33-year old driver of Chowki Chowra, Akhnoor who had returned from Ajmer, Rajasthan, a 52-year old man and his 18-year-old son from Talab Tillo, 23-year-old girl and 28-year old youth from Jammu, whose exact addresses haven’t been mentioned. However, all of them were under administrative quarantine and have been shifted to different COVID hospitals. Highest number of 26 persons in Jammu region tested positive in Kathua district. Of them, 15 belonged to different districts of Kashmir valley who were kept under administrative quarantine in Kathua after crossing Lakhanpur from various States of the country for reaching home, rest of the persons hailed from Kathua, Hiranagar and Bani tehsils of the district and were under quarantine excepting one, who is untraced. The positive cases are being shifted from quarantine centres to COVID Hospitals. Second highest number of 21 persons reported positive for COVID-19 in Ramban district. They included one pregnant woman and a Jammu and Kashmir Bank employee posted at Banihal while rest were returnees from several States, the contacts of the pregnant woman have been traced for isolation and sampling. In Poonch district, 15 persons were tested positive for the virus including two police personnel and an Ambulance driver of District Hospital Poonch who was instrumental in shifting COVID positive patients to hospitals. A 50-year old Head Constable hailing from Fazalabad Surankote who was deployed at Batalkoot Ziyarat quarantine centre and a 35-year-old constable who belonged to Kathua and was posted at the District Police Lines (DPL) Poonch have tested positive for Corona. A 48-year-old ambulance driver of District Hospital Poonch, who is a resident of Wazi Mohra Ward No. 1, has also tested positive. Other positives from Poonch district hailed from Mahra Surankote, Chikriban, Fazalabad Surankote, Sabjian Mandi, Hari Surankote, Khanetar, Islmabad Shahpur, Mendhar, Jhulass and Badhar Mandi. All of them are males and under administrative quarantine with travel history of Mumbai, Kupwara, Uttar Pradesh, Srinagar and Maharashtra. Fifteen persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Samba district. They included a BSF constable of 19 battalion, who had travel history of Kolkata, two CRPF personnel of 38 battalion, who had returned from Mau Agra in Uttar Pradesh and a Head Constable of 17th IRP battalion, who hailed from village Jerdha in Ramgarh sector of Samba with travel history of Srinagar. Other positives at Samba were also under administrative quarantine. An Indian Railways official posted at Katra, who had returned from Haryana, tested positive in Reasi district while a suspended police constable of Marwah reported positive in Kishtwar district. He had travel history of Anantnag and is untraced and the suspended constable is being traced for hospitalization. Three persons tested positive in Doda and two in Rajouri districts. Meanwhile, 55 Corona patients were treated and discharged from various COVID Hospitals. They include 18 from Doda, 14 Ramban, 10 each Jammu and Kathua, two Udhampur and one Reasi districts. With 93 positive cases, Jammu’s Corona tally has crossed 1100. There were around 740 active cases, 353 recoveries and six deaths.