Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir continues to witness a surge in the Covid-19 positive cases as 22 more cases were tested positive today, taking the UT tally to 300.
“22 new cases reported from J&K today. Jammu-4 Kashmir-18. All contacts of positive cases. Total number of positive cases now 300 Jammu-54 and Kashmir-246,” tweeted J&K government’s spokesman Rohit Kansal.
Dr GH Yatoo, Nodal officer for Covid-19 at SKIMS Soura, Srinagar said that 15 cases were tested positive at SKIMS today.
He said that four patients including a minor boy from Eidgah Srinagar were discharged from SKIMS today. A 10-year-old boy from Eidgah area of Srinagar had come in contact with a Tableegi Jamaat member in a local mosque after which he was tested positive.
Official figures reveal that Srinagar continues to top the list of positive cases at 78 that include one death and one recovery.
As per the daily information bulletin 56, 595 persons in Jammu and Kashmir are under observation while 7,784 persons have been kept under home quarantine. Besides that, 260 persons are in hospital isolation while 270 persons are under hospital quarantine.
It said that 18,049 persons have completed surveillance period and 30,228 persons are under home surveillance. So far, results of 5,171 samples are available.
Out of 5,171 the number of samples tested negative stands at 4,871 while 300 have been tested positive. Among them, 269 are active and 36 persons have recovered and four have died.
