May deadliest with 1,624 deaths, 1.14 lakh positive cases
Srinagar, Jul 1: After May month this year proved to be the deadliest as it recorded 1,624 deaths and over 1.14 lakh positive cases alone, the positivity cases and deaths have started decreasing as June registered 416 deaths and 25,197 positive cases were reported in month of June in the UT.
As per official data available with us, 416 deaths were reported in J&K in the UT in the month of June which includes 219 deaths from Kashmir and 197 deaths from Jammu.
Data also reveals that 25,197 cases were reported in the month which includes 17,251 from Kashmir division and 7, 946 from Jammu division
Pertinently 114,382 positive cases and 1,624 deaths were reported in Jammu and Kashmir in the month of May. In an ongoing year, J&K reported 45,123 positive cases including 28,540 from Kashmir division and 16,583 from Jammu division besides 289 deaths which included 136 from Kashmir division and 153 from Jammu division in the month of April.
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.
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 month of July 2020
As per the official data available, 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.
Interestingly, the first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in India was reported on 30 January 2020, originating from China.
Slowly, the pandemic spread to various states and union territories including the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir. Two suspected cases with high virus load were detected and isolated on March 4 in Government Medical College, Jammu. One of them became the first confirmed positive case on 9 March 2020. Both individuals had a travel history of outside J&K
