Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday (May 4) extended the continued ‘corona curfew’ in 4 districts of the union territory, together with the dual capital cities of Srinagar and Jammu, until the morning of May 10. The curfew was additionally extended to Samba district of Jammu area the place it will likely be imposed from Wednesday, the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) stated. Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday recorded its largest single-day spike of 4,650 contemporary COVID-19 circumstances, taking its an infection tally to 1,91,869, whereas 37 extra fatalities pushed the loss of life toll to 2,458.
“In view of the trend in COVID-19 cases, the positivity rate and the cases per million, the corona curfew in the four districts of Srinagar, Baramulla, Budgam and Jammu, which is there till 7 am on Thursday, 6 May, 2021, will stand extended till 6 am on Monday, 10 May 2021,” the DIPR-J&Okay stated in a tweet. “In addition, Samba district will also be under ‘corona curfew’ from 7 pm on Wednesday 5 May 2021 till 7 am on Monday, 10 May 2021,” it stated.
Earlier on April 29, the Jammu and Kashmir administration imposed a curfew in 11 districts in a bid to sort out the surge in COVID-19 circumstances, which was subsequently extended to all of the 20 districts the subsequent day. The curfew, which was supposed to finish at 7 am on May 3, was extended in the dual capitals of Jammu and Srinagar apart from Budgam and Baramulla until 7 am Thursday. Jammu and Kashmir additionally witnessed a 34-hour curfew from 8 pm on April 24 until April 26.
On April 8, an evening curfew from 10 pm to six am was imposed in the city areas of eight districts, which was extended to the municipal and city native physique limits of all of the 20 districts in the UT on April 20.
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