Public transport was also to ply with 50% seating capacity. “Around 96 containment zones continue to be under the lockdown in Srinagar. The J&K Covid Advisory Committee (CAC) has predicted further improvement in the virus graph “in the next few weeks”. An official said the number of new infections is far less than the number of recovered being discharged from the hospitals . According to covidkashmir.org, which tracks the trajectory of the pandemic, the bed vacancy has gone up in the hospitals as 2,268 COVID beds were available in Jammu and 1,460 in Kashmir.

Source: The Hindu May 31, 2021 13:35 UTC