Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir government today said that 27 more persons were tested positive for Covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the tally of confirmed cases to 407 in the Union Territory.
JK Government spokesman Rohit Kansal in a tweet said that more 27 persons have tested positive, all of them are from Kashmir division. He further said that among 407 cases, 351 are from the Kashmir division and 56 are from the Jammu division.
“27 new cases reported today. All from Kashmir Division. Total now 407. Jammu-56 and Kashmir-351, “Kansal Tweeted.
Officials said that among new 27 cases, 25 were tested positive at Viral Diagnostic Laboratory of SKIMS and two at CD hospital Laboratory.
They said that 25 out of 489 samples were tested positive at SKIMS. Among them, 14 are from Hirpora Shopian district, six from Bandipora district, four from Muqam-e-Shahwali in Kupwara and one from Sopore in Baramulla.
Dr GH Yatoo, Nodal officer for Covid-19 at SKIMS, Soura said that 25 persons were tested positive today at SKIMS and three patients were discharged from the hospital after their complete recovery.
Officials said that two persons, one each from Anantnag and Bandipora were tested positive at Chest Disease hospital Laboratory today.
As per officials figures, 79 positive cases including one death and 27 recoveries are from Srinagar, 97 including 18 recoveries and one death are from Bandipora, 47 including two deaths and four recoveries are from Baramulla, 37 including six recoveries from Kupwara, 46 including six recoveries are from Shopian, 14 including two recoveries are from Ganderbal, 13 including nine recoveries are from Budgam, 6 are from Kulgam, 9 from Anantnag and all 3 recovered from Pulwama in Kashmir division.
In Jammu division, 26 including five recoveries are from Jammu district, 20 including one death and eight recoveries are from Udhampur, 4 from Samba and 4 from Rajouri including three recoveries and one from Kishtiwar who has also recovered.
As per the daily information bulletin, 64,089 persons in Jammu and Kashmir are under observation while 5806 persons have been kept under home quarantine. Apart from that, 310 persons are in hospital isolation while 252 persons are under hospital quarantine.
According to the bulletin, 42,340 persons have completed surveillance period and 15,376 persons are under home surveillance.
So far, results of 10,039 samples are available out of which 9,632 stand negative while 407 have been tested positive. Among the positive cases, 310 are active and 92 persons have recovered while 5 have died.
