Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): A pregnant woman is among 12 people who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir today, taking the total number of cases in the UT to 983, officials said.
They said that among the new 12 cases, nine tested positive in Kashmir and three in Jammu division. The officials said that five cases were tested positive at SKIMS, four at Lal Path Lab and three at Government Medical College Jammu.
The officials said that new positive cases include a 25-year-old pregnant lady from Handwara area of north Kashmir, who had visited SDH Sopore for gynecological consultation, a few days before where her samples were taken.
The government said that 19 patients, who were earlier tested positive, were discharged from various hospitals. Of the total 983 cases in J&K, 882 are from Kashmir and 101 from Jammu region.
The Bulletin further said that out of 63,515 test results available, 62,532 samples have tested as negative till May 14, 2020.
Besides, till date, 10,3290 travellers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been enlisted for surveillance which included 26,603 persons in home quarantine, including facilities operated by government, 152 in hospital quarantine, 487 in hospital isolation and 12,383 under home surveillance. Besides, 63,654 persons have completed their surveillance period.
Providing district-wise breakup, the bulletin said that Bandipora has 134 positive cases with 16 active cases, 117 recovered (including 09 recoveries today), 1 death; Srinagar has 142 positive cases (including 05 reported today) with 54 active, 84 recovered, 4 deaths; Anantnag district has 145 positive cases with 121 positive cases, 23 recovered (including 06 recoveries today), 1 death; Baramulla has 110 positive cases with 50 active, 57 recovered, 3 deaths; Shopian has 107 positive cases (including 2 new cases reported today) with 47 active cases, 60 recovered.
Kupwara has 83 positive cases with 38 active, 45 recovered; Budgam has 52 positive cases with 34 active and 18 recovered cases (including 4 recoveries today); Ganderbal has 23 positive cases with 9 active cases and 14 recoveries; Kulgam has 72 positive cases with 66 active and 6 recoveries; Pulwama has 14 positive cases (including 1 case reported today) with 10 active, 4 recovered.
In Jammu region, district Jammu has 38 positive cases with 11 active cases and 26 recoveries and 1 death; Udhampur has 23 positive cases (including 1 reported today) with 3 active cases, 19 recovered and 1 death; Samba has 11 positive cases with 7 active and 4 recoveries; Rajouri has 4 positive cases who all have recovered; Kathua has 17 positive cases with 16 active and 1 recovered; Kishtwar had only 1 positive case who has recovered; Ramban has 4 positive cases (including 3 reported today) with 3 active and 1 recovered while Reasi has 3 positive cases with 2 active cases and 1 recovered today.
The Bulletin said that the breakup represents districts from which the patients have been traced or are ordinarily residing.
As per the bulletin, the public in general has been informed that smokers are at higher risk of COVID-19 infection. “Stop smoking now; the act of smoking means that fingers (and possibly contaminated cigarettes) are in contact with lips which increase the possibility of transmission of virus from hand to mouth, smokers may also already have lung disease or reduced lung capacity which would greatly increase risk of serious illness, smoking products such as water pipes often involve the sharing of mouthpieces and hoses, which could facilitate the transmission of COVID-19 and conditions that increase oxygen needs or reduce the ability of the body to use it properly will put patients at higher risk of serious lung conditions such as pneumonia,” the bulletin said.
“The best way to protect yourself against COVID-19 is by maintaining physical distance of at least 2 metre from others and frequently cleaning your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water”, it read.
