17 new cases in J&K, total 92

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, April 4

Jammu and Kashmir saw a major spike in Covid-19 cases on Saturday after 17 persons were tested positive for the virus, taking the total number of cases in J&K to 92.

Most of the fresh Covid-19 cases were reported from Kashmir, where Srinagar, Bandipora, and Budgam districts are worst hit.

“17 new cases tested positive for Covid-19 in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir today. Three of them are from Jammu division and 14 from Kashmir,” government spokesperson Rohit Kansal said.

Kansal said 1,397 samples were tested for Covid-19, of which 1,250 were found negative, while 92 tested positive.

“Kashmir has 68 Covid-19 positive cases, while Jammu has 18,” he said.

The new cases that have been reported are six from Kupwara, four from Bandipora, three each from Baramulla and Udhampur, and one from Pulwama districts.

Of the total positive cases, he said 86 were active Covid-19, four recovered and two person died, while reports of 55 samples were awaited.

Earlier in the day, Dr Naveed Shah, head of the Chest Medicine at Chest Disease Hospital, which has been designated as Covid-19 health facility in Srinagar, said seven Covid-19 positive cases had tested negative

The government has asked religious leaders not to allow and carry out any social ceremony, including solemnising marriages, at religious places that can defeat the purpose of social distancing and make people vulnerable to Covid-19.

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