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‘At 42%, J&K’s Covid recovery rate better than national average’
Principal secretary and government spokesperson Rohit Kansal said that out of 775 positive cases, 445 were active, 322 had recovered and nine patients had died so far.
Jammu and Kashmir’s Covid-19 recovery rate stands at 42.24 % as against the national average of 27%, officials said, even as the Union territory continues to report fresh infections everyday.
Principal secretary and government spokesperson Rohit Kansal said, “Out of 793 cases, 335 have recovered, 449 are active cases and nine patients have died so far.”
“A week ago, Jammu and Kashmir had a recovery rate of over 38% but by Thursday we recorded an average of 42.24 %, which is higher than the national average,” Kansal said.
“On Wednesday, we conducted 3,429 tests in a single day,” he said, adding that total number of positive cases are now 793 that include 68 in Jammu and 725 in Kashmir.
“We are probably the only UT/state in the country which is ensuring 100% testing of all migrant labourers returning to J&K from outside,” he said.
“We have a three-pronged strategy, which is robust tracing, strict quarantine and aggressive testing. Due to this strategy we have been able to trace positive cases that were asymptomatic. These people would have infected many if not been traced. We are tracing every single contact of positive cases,” he added.
A health department official claimed that some protocols implemented by J&K to trace contacts and test them are stricter than other states.
The administration has set up 11 exclusive Covid hospitals—eight in Srinagar and three in Jammu.
