Five doctors test positive for COVID-19 in Kashmir

SRINAGAR — Five doctors and 11 travellers tested positive for COVID-19 in Kashmir on Sunday late night, taking the tally of total positive cases in the Union Territory to 1199.

Dr Salim Khan, Nodal Officer for COVID-19 at GMC Srinagar said that five doctors including three from ENT section of SMHS, one from Dental College and one from SKIMS MCH Bemina tested positive on Sunday evening.

He further added that a 29-year-old COVID-19 positive lady from Habba Kadal who died on Sunday at CD Hospital was treated by a doctor from Dental College, besides doctors of ENT section of Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital Srinagar.

Meanwhile, Lt Col Inam Danish Khan from Army’s Command Hospital Udhampur said that 11 travellers from Udhampur and Kulgam tested positive for COVID-19 at the hospital on Sunday late night.

With 16 new cases, the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir have reached to 1199.