Kupwara, June 18: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara Imam Din Friday said that the district administration was working in a synergetic manner with involvement of various departments including Health, Police, Magistrates and Education department in mitigation of Covid-19 situation in the district.
He expressed his satisfaction over the drastic decline of daily positive cases in the district.
The DC was addressing media persons here regarding Covid-19 containment and mitigation measures in the district.
Giving details, the DC said that the recovery rate had increased up to 94.01 person while positivity rate had come down to 2.94 percent in the district.
He congratulated the Health department officials and all those persons involved in Covid-19 mitigation efforts for their hard work and good result.
The DC said that the number of total positive cases in the district was 13,504 while the number of recovered patients was 12,696.
He said the district witnessed 157 deaths since the beginning of Covid-19.
The DC appealed the people of district Kupwara to religiously follow the Covid Appropriate Behaviour (CAB) and attend nearest vaccination centres for timely inoculation against Covid-19 pandemic.
He also appealed media persons to promote positivity with regard to Covid-19 containment efforts in the district, adding that press briefing twice a week was envisaged to give correct and appropriate information to the public and to stop every kind of misinformation or rumour mongering.
He said that the readers could also reach out to the administration on the official Twitter account of DC Kupwara: @dckupwara and official Twitter account of DIC Kupwara: @infokupwara.