IB Insp, Naib Tehsildar, 22-yr-old girl among 28 more COVID deaths in Jammu
3 women die, 245 infected in Ladakh
Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, May 5: Jammu and Kashmir today recorded highest-ever 52 COVID casualties and 4716 positive cases in a day even as 2338 patients recovered from the virus. Jammu region continued to account for more fatalities than Kashmir reporting 28 deaths and 1518 cases. Six districts in the region reported fresh positives in three digits indicating spread of the virus in semi-urban and rural belts.
Among 28 COVID casualties in Jammu region, 13 were women including a young girl, an Intelligence Bureau (IB) Inspector, a Naib Tehsildar, a woman carrying eight-month pregnancy, one mentally-deranged female and a man from Chhattisgarh. Seventeen deaths were reported in Jammu district, five Samba, two each Poonch and Rajouri and one each in Kathua and Kishtwar districts.
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The lockdown imposed in Jammu district till 7 am on Thursday will, however, continue.
“No change in restrictions for Jammu till 7 am on Thursday. Same guidelines to be in force,” a tweet by Deputy Commissioner Jammu Anshul Garg said.
The SEC order said that essential and emergency services/movement/work and essential supplies will remain exempted from Corona curfew subject to production of Identity/wedding cards. wholesalers, fruit and Sabzi mandies may also remain open as necessary in a regulated manner to ensure provisioning of essential supplies, it read.
However, the SEC ordered that all shopping complexes, Bazaars, Salons, barber shops, cinema halls, restaurants and bars, sport complexes, Gyms, Spas, swimming Pools, Parks, Zoos etc will remain closed during Corona curfew.
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