Srinagar- Thirteen people tested positive for coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 33.
Of these, 24 cases have been reported from Valley while nine are from Jammu region.
“Hardly do I finish my press briefing – 28 cases- that I get more unpleasant news -5 new positive cases- 2 in Srinagar, 3 in Jammu- all contacts of previously positive ones; All Jammu cases asymptomatic. We are at 33 now,” government spokesman Rohit Kansal said in a tweet.
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Hardly do I finish my press briefing -28 cases-that I get more unpleasant news -5 new positive cases- 2 in Srinagar, 3 in Jammu- all contacts of previously positive ones ; All Jammu cases asymptomatic. We are at 33 now. @diprjk @HealthMedicalE1 @MoHFW_INDIA— Rohit Kansal (@kansalrohit69) March 28, 2020
Earlier, in a video briefing, Kansal had confirmed that eight persons had tested positive for COVID 19 on Saturday.
“Five cases had a history of contact with already positive cases of religious congregation while the other three had travel history outside J&K,” he said.
He said contacts of the fresh positive cases are being traced.
This is the highest number of positive cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir on a single day.
Two patients have recovered while one died on Thursday.
Of the total 33 cases, 24 have reported in Kashmir, including one death case due to the infection, while nine are in Jammu region.
According to the Media bulletin on Novel Coronavirus, a total of 5,919 travellers and persons in contact with suspected or positive cases have been put under surveillance, 3,535 in home-quarantine (including facilities operated by the government), 227 in hospital quarantine and 1,525 in home surveillance across Jammu and Kashmir.
As many as 632 people have completed their 28 days’ surveillance period, it said.
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