COVID-19: Tally crosses 200-mark in Kashmir as 13 more test positive

SRINAGAR — Thirteen more people tested positive for coronavirus in Kashmir on Monday, taking the total number of cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 258, official sources said.

They said twelve of the positive cases were confirmed from SKIMS lab and included samples received from other hospitals mainly GMC Baramulla. The cases include nine from Bandipora and three from Baramulla.

The other case was confirmed at CD Hospital lab and pertains to a man from Kulgam.

With these cases, the officially confirmed tally stands at 258—49 in Jammu and 208 in Kashmir.

Four people have died due to the deadly infection in J&K while six others—three each in Jammu and Kashmir divisions have recovered and have been discharged, leaving the active cases in Kashmir to 202 and 45 in Jammu.