Four more test positive for Coronavirus in Kashmir

An official told UNI that all the four were residents of Srinagar. ''Two of them had recently come back from abroad,'' they said, adding the other two were part of a religious congregation outside Jammu and Kashmir.

Confirming the development, J&K Union Territory spokesperson Rohit Kansal said four more positive cases have been reported in Srinagar.

Two minor siblings also from Srinagar tested positive for Coronavirus on Thursday, while a 65-year-old Hyderpora resident became the first person to die of the deadly infection in J&K.

On Wednesday, four persons, who had met the 65-year-old patient during an event in the valley, were tested positive for Coronavirus. Meanwhile, about 48 persons, who came in contact with the Hyderpora resident, have been put in quarantine centres. However, sources said that a woman, who is the first one to be tested positive for the infection, has been successfully treated.

Streets and markets remained deserted for the ninth successive day on Friday even as strict restrictions on movement and assembly of people continued in the summer capital, Srinagar, and other parts of Kashmir valley, where most mosques and shrines were closed.

Meanwhile, no Friday players were offered in mosques and shrines to avoid large gatherings for congregational prayers in the valley, where police has sealed many shops, hotels and educational institutes and arrested about 100 persons from Srinagar, Sopore, Handwara, Ganderbal and Anantnag in the valley since Tuesday. Over 50 vehicles have also been seized by police since Tuesday.