Altaf Hamid Rao.
MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times) : The lake district of Mirpur Azad Jammu & Kashmir Sunday emerged atop the sufferers of the deadly pandemic of corona-virus facing casualties across the AJK State as the death toll rose to 103 so far, in the district, authorities said.
“Death ratio in Mirpur district is alarming with continual high volume”, said Mirpur Division Commissioner Ch. Muhammad Raqeeb while talking to our special AJK Correspondent and Resident Editor Altaf Hamid Rao Sunday.
The Div. Commissioner said “due to non-serious conduct of the general public, repeated lockdowns in Mirpur didn’t pay in full”.
Ch. Raqeeb advised the elderly people of over 60 years of age to refrain from getting out of their homes to avert the threat of killer pandemic attack – which, he warned, is at climax, unfortunately, in all three districts of Mirpur division including Mirpur, Kotli and Bhimbher – where the overall positivity ratio swollen to 12.08 percent on Sunday. It include 15.71 percent in Mirpur district, 8.70 percent in Kotli district and 8.23 percent in Bhimbher district, the Divisional Commissioner said.
Ch. Raqeeb underlined that how much the continual rapid outburst of the novel corona virus in Mirput district was being reported it could be compared with the adjoining district of Jhelum comprising the total population of 12,22650, reported 39 causalities due to the Corona virus so far as compared to Mirpur district comprising the total population of 4,56200 which suffered a total of 103 deaths of the deadly virus ever since its outbreak so far, he added.
The continual spread of virus, which has partially paralyzed the daily daily besides bringing exceptional changes in normal lifestyle in the area, the AJK State Health authorities told this Correspondent Sunday night.
Unveiling the latest breakup of the deadly affects of the pandemic in AJK, Azad Jammu & Kashmir State Health Authorities confirmed that 65 more persons were tested positive during last 24 hours in the various parts of the state.
Fresh cases tested positive on Sunday include 20 from Mirpur district, 13 from Kotli, 10 from Bhimber, 11 from Muzaffarabad, 8 from Poonch, and 3 from Bagh district.
A total of 610 suspects of coronavirus were tested in the AJK during last 24 hours.
A total of 133,007 persons were tested across the AJK, so far. Of these, “11,017” persons were found positive. Of these, “9926” persons have so far recovered and discharged from various health facilities / the state run hospitals.
At present, a total of 771 persons are under treatment in various public sector health facilities in the AJK state.
A total of 320 ill-fated persons have lost their lives since the pandemic spread with fluctuation across the AJK, so far. Those died of the deadly pandemic include 103 from Mirpur, 51 from Muzaffarabad, 34 from Kotli, 28 from Bhimber, 6 from Jhelum valley, 9 from Neelum valley, 50 from Poonch, 31 from Bagh, 5 from Haveli, and 6 from Sudhanoti district.
The state health authorities revealed that out of a total of 771 patients, 723 patients are providing with medicare in home isolation and rest of 48 patients receiving treatment in various AJK hospitals under the prevailing policy of the AJK government.