News Topic:COVID-19

While millions of people took advantage of easing coronavirus lockdowns to enjoy Spring weather, some of the world's most populous countries reported worrisome new peaks in infections Sunday, including India, which saw its biggest single-day jump yet.

Srinagar Municipal Corporation Commissioner, Gazanfar Ali Sunday said he and his officials were not going for quarantine.

As the Jammu and Kashmir Government increased its testing capacity, 35 fresh cases of COVID-19 were reported on Sunday, taking the tally of total number of positive cases to 701 in the Union Territory.

Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday said that all educational and training institutions across J&K will remain closed till May 17 in wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

27 persons, who were hospitalized after testing positive for Coronavirus in the first week of last month, were discharged from JVC SKIMS Hospital here in Bemina Srinagar after repeatedly testing negative for the infection they had contracted.

Eighteen new positive cases of COVID-19 were reported on Sunday morning in the Union Territory of Ladakh, taking the total number of active cases to 24 in the UT.

The Divisional Administration of Kashmir division is reported to have decided to treat the entire Kashmir region as Red Zone and there will be no relaxation despite the Union Home Ministry classified only four districts as the Red Zone, as per media reports.

Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday reported 27 fresh cases of novel coronavirus in last 24 hours, taking the number of COVID-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir to 666.