SRINAGAR: Authorities on Friday declared six more areas of Batamaloo, Khanyar, Zadibal and SR Gunj Srinagar as Micro Containment Zones in view of the detection of fresh Covid-19 cases.
Officials told the news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that six more areas in Srinagar have been proclaimed as COVID-19 containment zones, including Batamaloo, Khanyar, Zadibal, and SR Gunj, by the Srinagar administration to contain the spread of Covid-19.
The areas which have been declared as Micro Containment Zones include Reshi Mohalla near Muskaan Resorts Abi Nowpora Kohan Khan, Sonwar, Khashkhash Bagh near Central Jail Rainawari, Khimber Reshi Pora near bus stop, Jabeen Guest lane near Abdullah bridge Rajbagh and Majeed Bagh Ganderpora Eidgah.
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JAMMU/SRINAGAR/LEH, Apr 23: In sudden spike in COVID deaths, Jammu and Kashmir today recorded this year’s single day highest 20 fatalities and 1937 fresh cases with Jammu district worst affected as it reported 525 positives, more than that of Srinagar district which reported 501.
Fourteen Corona casualties, six of them women including one each hailing from Mumbai in Maharashtra and Darbanga in Bihar and a 22-year-old youth besides 846 cases were reported in Jammu region while six persons succumbed to the virus and there were 1091 new cases in Kashmir.