COVID-19: Four more persons from Bandipora test positive

SRINAGAR — A day after three persons including a religious preacher of Tableeghi Jamaat were tested positive for COVID-19, the J&K government on Wednesday said that four more persons have been tested positive and all of them are from Bandipora district.

In his tweet, J&K Government’s spokesman Rohit Kansal said that four more persons, all from Bandipora, tested positive today.

“Preliminary findings suggest that they were in close contact of Srinagar patient who tested positive yesterday,” he said.

“All five reported to have participated together in a religious event,” Kansal tweeted.

With the four more fresh cases, the total positive cases in Kashmir has reached to eight.