Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): Twenty-seven people including a pregnant woman, a pharmacist and a five-year-old girl tested positive for coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir today, taking the total tally to 523 cases in the Union Territory.
Government spokesman Rohit Kansal tweeted: “Total cases now 523. But don’t let this number daunt you. This includes 137 recoveries too. Total Active positive cases are 380. We will keep doing aggressive testing and strict containment. And you have to support by #Stayingathome.”
Officials said that all the 27 cases are from Kashmir while no fresh Covid-19 case was reported from Jammu today. They said that 16 cases were tested positive at SKIMS, Soura lab and 11 at Chest Diseases Hospital, Srinagar.
The officials said that among the new cases is an expecting mother from Srinagar’s downtown who had contracted the virus from a Covid-19 positive neighbor, a health worker from Anantnag district, and a minor girl.
Pertinently, J&K has reported six deaths so far, five from Kashmir and one from Jammu.
Among 27 cases reported today, nine are from south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, followed by Bandipora with eight new cases, seven in Baramulla, two in Srinagar and one in Kupwara district.
A doctor at Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial hospital said that two fresh Covid-19 positive patients were admitted at the hospital today including a woman who is five months pregnant and a shopkeeper belonging to Srinagar’s downtown area.
Officials from Bandipora said that out of 8 new cases, 7 belong to Gund Jahangeer village while one is from Wusan Goshbug village. They said that from Baramulla district, one of the new positive patients was a minor girl aged 5, a resident of Gund Jahangeer village.
Officials from Anantnag said that a pharmacist is among the new nine positive cases. As per the COVID bulletin, Bandipora is topping the list of positive cases in Kashmir with 124 cases. “Srinagar has 85, Shopian 63, Baramulla 62, Anantnag 48, Kupwara 47, Ganderbal 14, Budgam 14, Kulgam 6, and Pulwama 3,” the bulletin read.
In the Jammu region, the bulletin reads that Jammu district has 26 cases, Udhampur 20, Samba 4, Rajouri 4, Kathaua 1, Kishtwar 1 and Ramban 1. “The total number of positive cases in J&K are 523 of which 380 are active cases. 137 people have recovered and six people have died so far,” the bulletin said.
It further stated that 66,977 people have been enlisted for observation while as 6,232 have been kept under home quarantine. “380 people are in hospital isolation and 258 are under hospital quarantine. Surveillance of 49,338 people has been completed. 10,763 persons are under home surveillance,” the bulletin read.
