After a gap of few days active cases reported in double-digit.

SHYAM SOOD
After a gap of a few days, the number of active cases has been reported in double-digit in Rajouri district with thirteen persons tested positive out of 1902 reports received today.
The positivity rate in the district is 0.68%, while the recovery rate is 97.50%, and overall positivity rate is 2.37% and the district has recorded 225 fatalities since the first face of Covid-19 pandemic.
Despite about Rupees Seventy Thousand fines collected today across the district from the violators of Covid-19 SOPs, the people mostly avoid wearing the masks and keeping the social distancing and it could become a reason in a sharp increase in the active cases during next coming days.
The district currently has 48 active cases out of 7046 persons tested positive during the 2nd wave of Covid-19.
Out of 48 active positive cases at present,23 are in home isolation,13 in Panchayat CCCs, and 12 are under hospital isolation, including 4 in GMC Rajouri, 4 in the Army hospital and 4 in the hospitals out of the district.
Reports said that the 45 plus age group has fully been vaccinated (102%) in the district, while the vaccination of the 18-45 years age group is going on at present (40%).
101% health care workers and 98% front-line workers have also been vaccinated in the district as per reports.
District Administration under the overall supervision of Rajesh Kumar Shavan, District Magistrate (DM) is continuously fighting the pandemic.
Testing and subsequent isolation of patients and the mass vaccination drive is going on across the district.
Rajesh Kumar Shavan, DM has appealed to the people of the district to go for the vaccination and to follow the Covid Appropriate Behaviour (CAB) & other SOPs for their safety against the pandemic.