Coronavirus: 74 more test positive in J&K, tally nears 1400

SRINAGAR — 74 persons including two pregnant women on Monday tested positive for the novel coronavirus, pushing the overall tally of the COVID-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir closer to 1400 mark.

Professor Farooq Jan, Medical Superintendent SKIMS Soura, said that 1992 samples were processed at the viral diagnostic lab of the hospital and among them, 44 returned positive and include 17 from Jammu, 14 from Srinagar, 8 from Baramulla, 4 from Kupwara and one from Pulwama.

Dr. Salim Khan, Nodal Officer for COVID-19 at the Government Medical College, Srinagar said that 706 samples were processed at CD Hospital Srinagar’s Microbiology Lab and 17 of them returned positive.

Eight of these cases are from Jammu while seven are from Anantnag and two pregnant women from Kulgam—28-year-old from Khudwani and 35-year-old from Chatawan area of the southern Kashmir district. The other 13 cases were reported from GMC Jammu, the sources said.