Fifteen more Covid-19 patients died here in Jammu & Kashmir while 1,330 new cases of coronavirus were reported taking the total tally of active positive cases to  20,770 and the total number of deaths to 966 on Friday.

Compared to Kashmir valley, the situation is worrisome across Jammu region as no district remains untouched with the spread of the virus in the last two weeks.

The hilly districts of Doda and Kishtwar and twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch are recording spike in number of cases due to blatant violation of social distancing norms and ignorance over use of face masks in public.

Several social gatherings in the region were directly linked to spread of the virus in remote areas of the hilly districts. Meanwhile, situation across Jammu hospitals remain grim.  Large number of patients from the periphery are reaching GMC, Jammu for admission and when they failed to get hospital bed or admission in the isolation ward the caretakers show their resentment as chaos is prevailing in the hospital premises.

According to the media bulletin,  672 cases were reported from Jammu while Kashmir region recorded 658 cases. Out of fifteen deaths, 10 patients died in Jammu and five in Kashmir valley on Friday. Out of 20770 active positive cases, Jammu region accounted for  11823 patients while Kashmir reported 8947 cases. Out of 966 deaths,  757 were reported from Kashmir and 209 from Jammu region.

A total number of 39,305 patients have recovered so far across Jammu & Kashmir.