Jahangeer Ganaie
Srinagar, Nov 01 (KNO): The number of cases and deaths due to Covid-19 continues to witness a significant dip in the month of October as 10 deaths were reported in the month as compared to 14 deaths in September.
The positive cases have also decreased as 2,819 cases were reported in October month as compared to 4,011 cases in September month.
2,819 cases including 2,290 from Kashmir and 529 from Jammu were reported in the month of October in Jammu and Kashmir. Besides, 10 deaths which included 07 from Kashmir and 03 deaths from Jammu divisions were reported in October.
Pertinently, 4,011 cases including 3,234 from Kashmir and 777 cases from Jammu besides that 14 including seven each from Kashmir and Jammu were reported in month of September in J&K
3,957 cases including 2691 from Kashmir and 1266 from Jammu and 30 deaths including six from Kashmir and 24 from Jammu were reported in August month in J&K.
5800 cases and 54 deaths were reported in the month of July and 416 deaths and 25, 197 cases were reported in J&K in the UT in the month of June.
“1,14,382 positive cases and 1624 deaths were reported in Jammu and Kashmir in the month of May. In the current year, J&K reported 45,123 positive cases including 28,540 from Kashmir division and 16,583 from Jammu division, besides 289 deaths – 136 from Kashmir division and 153 from Jammu division in the month of April,” figures reveal.
“J&K reported 3,579 positive cases and 53 deaths in January. 1,998 positive cases and 21 deaths in February, and 4,456 positive cases and 37 deaths in March,” the data said.
The figures further read that in December last year J&K reported 10747 positive cases and 189 deaths, in November J&K reported a total of 15, 439 positive cases and 216 deaths and in October last year, J&K reported 19,715 positive cases and 297 deaths.
Pertinently, 37,373 positive cases and 478 deaths were reported in J&K in the month of September 2020, highest in last year. “17,339 positive cases and 326 deaths were reported in J&K in the month of August 2020,” the figures suggest.
Moreover, 12,862 positive cases and 276 deaths were reported in J&K in the month of July 2020, the data states.
As per the official data, in the first 115 days (from March 08-June 30, 2020) 7,497 positive cases and 101 Covid-19 related deaths were witnessed in Jammu and Kashmir.
