COVID-19 cases touch 300 in J&K as 22 more people test positive
Srinagar/UNI: The number of Coronavirus cases swelled to 300 in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir as 22 persons, including 18 from Kashmir and four from Jammu, tested positive for the infection on Wednesday.
Restrictions on movement and assembly of people further intensified to curtail the spread of Coronavirus in Kashmir valley, where Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), including 100 per cent lockdown and closure of all access points with removable barriers, have been strictly imposed in Red Zone areas.
Official sources said that 18 more people tested positive for Coronavirus in Kashmir division while four new cases, including two doctors, were reported from Jammu.
With this, they said the total number of infected persons has risen to 300. “Out of 300 positive cases, 246 are in Kashmir and 55 are in Jammu,” they said, all the patients are contacts of positive cases.
Confirming the figures, J&K administration spokesperson Rohit Kansal said, “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.”
Srinagar is the worst affected district in the Union Territory of J&K as it has recorded about 27 per cent of the total active positive cases, besides one death so far.
Following the surge in the COVID-19 cases, all roads leading to areas, which were declared as ‘Red Zones’ after several COVID-19 positive cases surfaced from there, have been sealed with solid blocks and iron rods till further orders.
As many as 33 people, including 31 from Kashmir and two from Jammu, tested positive for Coronavirus on Monday and Tuesday. Meanwhile, 138 people, mostly from Kashmir, were tested positive for COVID-19 in J&K last week.
Thirty-three new positive cases, including 28 from Kashmir and three from Jammu, were reported on April 4 and April 5, making it one of the highest jumps in the COVID-19 infected persons in J&K.
Eight persons, including five from Jammu and three from Kashmir, were tested positive for COVAID-19 on Thursday while the number jumped by five on Friday. Six persons were tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday while seven other cases were reported on Wednesday.
As many as 11 persons, including eight in Kashmir and three in Jammu, tested positive for COVID-19 in J&K on Monday. The positive case reportedly includes a doctor in Jammu.
A 62-year-old man died at a government hospital less than 12 hours after being tested positive for Coronavirus in Kashmir valley on March 29, when five persons were tested positive for the infection. So far, two persons have died due to the infection while as many have been successfully treated.
As many as 12 positive Coronavirus cases were recorded in J&K in a single day on March 28, triggering panic among locals despite assurance by administration that they are fully prepared to curtail the infection.
On March 27, two patients are from Chattabal while two others from Bemina in Srinagar were tested positive for Coronavirus.
Two minor siblings also from Srinagar were tested positive for Coronavirus on March 26, when a 65-year-old Hyderpora resident became the first person to die due to deadly infection in J&K.
On March 25, four persons, who had met the 65-year-old patient during an event in the valley, were tested positive for Coronavirus.
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