<span style="color: #222222;">The COVID 19 pandemic spread rate has significantly slowed down in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.<br />''<br />''Rohit Kansal, spokesperson of J&K Government said however, that there is no room for complacency and the situation demands extra watchfulness.<br />''<br />''At a press briefing in Jammu on Thursday he said that the number of red zones are continuously increasing and we need to be ever and watchful.<br />''<br />''He added that premature exuberance or celebration can have a huge cost.<br />''<br />''AIR Correspondent reports that J&K government will further strengthen the surveillance system and procedure by conducting 100% Health Audit for the entire UT using Swasthya Nidhi App within the next few weeks.<br />''<br />''The UT Govt. is also strongly encouraging the use of Aarogya Setu App. More than 8 lakh users have installed the app in the UT so far.<br />''<br />''Till date total number of Covid-19 cases in J&K are 614 of which 390 are active cases, 384 in Kashmir and 6 in Jammu division.<br />''<br />''There have been 216 recoveries and 8 unfortunate deaths.<br />''<br />''The daily positive case rate has shown a downward trend and the doubling rate has decidedly slowed down.<br />''<br />''The mortality is just above 1%, and over 92% of the cases can be traced.<br />''<br />''The UT has 17 Standalone/dedicated COVID Hospitals, over 20,000 Isolation Beds and nearly 50, 000 non-hospital quarantine beds.<br />''<br />''The testing rate is close 1500 per million, one of the highest in the country. At present the UT is conducted 1800 tests a day.</span><br />