February recorded a major enchancment in Covid situation in Jammu and Kashmir with lively circumstances dropping by 98% and month-to-month check positivity charge by 79% as in opposition to January, when the third wave of pandemic had peaked.

From 36,372 lively Covid circumstances on January 31, the quantity dropped to only 682 because the February ended — a fall of 98%.

The general check positivity charge (TPR) within the union territory for January was 4.51%, which declined to 0.94% in February.

Week on week, the TPR confirmed steady dip in February from 2.34% in week one to 0.14% in week 4.

“Third wave is already over by a week. We are getting very small number of sporadic cases. Overall TPR has gone down to the base line and we are in the post-third wave phase,” mentioned Prof Dr Mohammad Salim Khan, head of the division of group drugs at Government Medical College, Srinagar, and nodal officer for Covid.

Overall month-to-month circumstances fell by 81% in February which recorded 17,572 Covid infections whereas the quantity was 94,135 in January – the second-highest month-to-month whole after May 2021, which had seen 1.14 lakh circumstances and 1,625 deaths when the second wave had peaked.

The demise charge within the third wave was on the decrease facet with 74 fatalities in February and 146 in January. On a mean, February noticed 627 day by day circumstances whereas it was 3,036 in January.

Covid circumstances had breached all data for the reason that pandemic began, recording the very best of 6,570 infections and 14 deaths on January 25.

However, the circumstances declined significantly after that with the union recording lowest day by day an infection tally in 21 months with simply 42 circumstances and no demise on February 28.

An evaluation of the day by day Covid knowledge reveals that such low circumstances had been witnessed in May 2020, when the pandemic was simply starting to wreak havoc throughout Jammu and Kashmir like the remainder of the world.

Only three districts out of 20 have over 100 lively circumstances now – 168 in Jammu, 140 in Srinagar and 113 in Doda (by March 1)

The knowledge additionally reveals that there was a slight fall in testing charges in February with 18.64 lakh checks being carried out whereas 20.8 lakh checks had been finished in January.

As in opposition to 67,274 common checks day by day in January, the determine was 66,588 in February. Before January, the typical testing numbers had been under 55,000.

Experts hope that the pandemic will not worsen to any extent further and the life will step by step return to regular.

“Usually, pandemics in the past have at the most remained for two years. With time, variants become more infective, but less virulent which we saw in the third wave. Let’s hope that the situation doesn’t deteriorate again. Let’s start our routines and make good the losses, particularly in the education sector,” Dr Khan mentioned.

At 36, UT sees lowest day by day tally since May 2020

Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday recorded 36 recent Covid circumstances, lowest day by day tally since May 2020, moreover no demise associated to the illness for the seventh day, an official well being bulletin mentioned.

An evaluation of the day by day Covid knowledge reveals that such low circumstances had been witnessed in May 2020.

When the primary wave had ebbed in February 2021, the bottom day by day whole of 43 circumstances was recorded within the union territory on February 8, 2021. As the second wave was ebbed, the area noticed the bottom of 51 circumstances on October 15, 2021.

The third wave of Covid, which peaked in January, has now bought over with below-100 day by day circumstances for the previous week.

As many as 123 sufferers recovered on Wednesday, prompting the lively circumstances to drop to 527.

Officials mentioned 37,337 checks had been carried out prior to now 24 hours within the UT.

As many as 18 infections had been reported every in Kashmir and Jammu divisions.

Except Srinagar and Jammu districts with 13 and 11 circumstances respectively, different 18 districts of J&Ok recorded both zero or single-digit infections.

Health officers mentioned that out of the 4,838 beds devoted for Covid sufferers, simply 19 are occupied in J&Ok.

The general quantity of people that have recovered reached 4,47,813, whereas the restoration charge stood at 98.82%.

The whole circumstances in J&Ok have mounted to 4,53,088 whereas the demise toll remained at 4,748 on Wednesday.

‘Har Ghar Dastak’ marketing campaign

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday mentioned it has left no stone unturned in its endeavour to vaccinate the eligible inhabitants throughout the UT.

In this path, the federal government initiated house-to-house marketing campaign, Har Ghar Dastak, to inoculate the whole eligible inhabitants. The marketing campaign launched in November final 12 months focuses on protection of all unvaccinated folks, moreover guaranteeing sensitisation relating to significance of Covid-appropriate conduct and masks, mentioned a spokesperson.

Under this marketing campaign, particular focus has additionally been laid to step up the focused supply of healthcare schemes for the poor and guarantee 100% saturation of eligible beneficiaries in a mission mode.

This door-to-door marketing campaign additionally focuses on reaching 100% enrolment underneath Ayushman Bharat scheme. To obtain most outcomes, the healthcare employees traveled the size and breadth of the area to cowl every particular person of the UT.

J&Ok has been a front-runner among the many states and UTs in vaccinating the eligible inhabitants with the Covid vaccine. As on date, the administration has administered 2,15,14,865 doses of Covid vaccine, mentioned the spokesperson.