Majority of the people remained confined to their houses as strict restrictions continued for the seventh successive day on Thursday in view of extension of the ‘COVID curfew’ once again till May 10 following unabated rise in the number of fresh coronavirus cases and death in Kashmir valley.
However, essential services were exempted from the lockdown in the valley, where so far 3,529 people have been fined and 524 others have been arrested for violating Covid curfew and other guidelines since April 29, when lockdown was imposed by administration. But, people allege that grocery, fruit and vegetable shops were allowed to function only in the morning hours.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration earlier this week extended the ongoing ‘corona curfew’ for the third successive time since April 29 in four districts, including Srinagar, Baramulla, Budgam and Jammu till May 10. Barring Shopian, the lockdown was extended by the respective Deputy Commissioners of other six districts in the valley as there was no letup in the number of fresh COVID cases and deaths. The Union Territory on Wednesday hit another grim milestone with a record single-day spike of 4,716 Covid-19 infections and 52 deaths.
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