Fifteen more persons, including nine from Kashmir and six from Jammu, were on Tuesday tested positive for Coronavirus in Kashmir valley, taking the total number of infected people to 125 in J&K.
An official spokesperson said that nine more Coronavirus positive cases were recorded on Tuesday in Kashmir while six people tested positive for the infection in Jammu.
With this, he said the total number of infected persons has risen to 125. “Out of 125 positive cases, 94 are in Kashmir and 24 are in Jammu,” he said.
Giving details, he said 118 are ‘Active Positive’, four have recovered and two have died in J&K, where contact tracking and testing of Coronavirus suspects has been intensified.
The authorities have launched an aggressive contact tracing campaign to put all such persons under quarantine after taking their samples as per health protocol.
Meanwhile, many areas, including densely populated localities, including Chattabal, Eidgah and Jawahar Nagar, and other parts of the valley were declared as ‘Red Zones’ during the last 24 hours after several positive cases were reported from these area. Over 25 areas, which were already declared as ‘Red Zones’, remained sealed and no one was allowed in and out of these areas.
Three persons tested positive for the infection in the valley while no case reported in Jammu on Monday. As many as 31 new positive cases, including 28 from Kashmir and three from Jammu, were reported on Saturday and Sunday, making it the highest jump 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 was 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. Meanwhile, about 48 persons, who came in contact with the Hyderpora resident, have been put in quarantine centres.