J&K on Saturday recorded 13 new coronavirus cases taking the total to 836. Two among the positive patients are nurses working at the Super Specialty Hospital, here.
The Super Specialty Hospital here had three new positivecases including two nurses posted in the gastroenterology ward and anattendant. The attendant of a patient from Shahlatoo Shopian admitted at SSHtested positive today.
Earlier, three persons— one patient and two attendants —from this ward had tested positive; one among them, a 34 year old man who wasattending to his ailing father, lost life on 7 May to the “sudden onset andprogress” of the viral illness.
Dr S Saleem Khan, nodal officer COVID19 at GMC Srinagar saidthat 463 samples had been tested at the virology lab of CD Hospital. Of these,six had tested positive.
Srinagar district had two new cases of COVID19 today. A 48year old female from Rainawari area who had arrived in Srinagar on 6 May andwas put under quarantine is one among them. The other, a 65 year old male fromZaina Kadal, had arrived from Delhi on 6 May where he had gone for treatment.
Dr Qazi Haroon, OSD to Directorate of Health ServicesKashmir for COVID19 said that their samples had been taken at the TRC Srinagaron their arrival.
Apart from these people from the tertiary care hospital,four people from Ganderbal are among the new cases. Dr Farooq Jan, medicalsuperintendent of SKIMS, said the Institute tested 947 samples of which sixwere found positive – four from Ganderbal and two from Kupwara district.
Dr Jan said a 22-year-old from Wilwar Ganderbal, 32 and 27years’ old males from Chanthal Laar Ganderbal and a 22-year-old male fromKangan Ganderbal, had tested positive.
A 55 year and a 39 year old (both male) from GoniporaKupwara were today’s new cases from Kupwara district.
The samples of three females taken from Pulwama and Shopianand Kulgam also tested positive today. Jammu division had one positive reportedfrom Basohli area of Kathua district.
Information bulletin issued by J&K Government said outof 836 positive cases, 459 are active positive, 368 have recovered and 9 havedied.
It said that till date 90541 travellers and persons incontact with suspected cases have been enlisted for surveillance which included20092 persons in home quarantine including facilities operated by government,167 in Hospital Quarantine, 459 in hospital isolation and 9244 under homesurveillance. Besides, 60570 persons have completed their surveillance period.