Centre has decided to depute a high-level Central team to Jammu. The district has reported a rise in the number of new COVID cases in recent days. The Health Ministry said the team will interact with the District Collectors and Health Officers of Jammu. It will also visit hospitals in Bakshinagar and Gandhinagar.

The team will support the efforts of the state towards strengthening containment, surveillance, testing and efficient clinical management of the positive cases. The Central team will also guide in effectively managing the challenges related to timely diagnosis and follow up.

The total number of confirmed COVID cases in Jammu is nine thousand 428. Of these, three thousand 196 have recovered. There are 6115 Active Cases in the district. Jammu has been reporting a doubling time of 15.4 days and the recovery rate is 33.9 per cent.

The Ministry said, recently a special team had visited the Srinagar valley. The team had reviewed the status of preparedness for COVID management with the District Collectors of the valley.

Meanwhile, the Delhi government has announced that all schools in the national capital will continue to remain closed till, October 5 in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. An official order issued by the Directorate of Education said that online teaching and learning activities will continue as usual. The order noted that school principals are authorised to call staff as per requirement for smooth conduct of online classes or any other work.

Universities and schools across the country have been closed since March 16 when the Centre announced a countrywide classroom shut down as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. As per the latest guidelines under ‘Unlock', schools have been allowed to call students from class 9 to 12 to schools on a voluntary basis from September 21.

In Madhya Pradesh, the number of corona infected people has crossed one lakh marks. At the same time, about 77 thousand patients have been recovered so far.

The numbers of COVID-19 cases in the state climbed up to 100458 after 2552 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours. The death toll also rose to 1901.

As per the state health bulletin, 2554 coronavirus patients were discharged from the hospitals in the past 24 hours taking the number of recovered cases in the state to 76952. There are now 21605 active cases in Madhya Pradesh.

Meanwhile, the state government has issued new guidelines for the prevention of Coronavirus infection in the wake of religious programs and festivals. During festivals, there will be no permission to carry out any processions for religious and social events. Garba will also not be allowed during Durga Puja. Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Dr Rajesh Rajaura has said that the maximum height of the idols to be installed in various public places will be 6 feet and the size of the pandal will be 10 by 10 feet. Maximum 100 people will be allowed to participate in the event.