J&K had 33 new COVID19 cases on Thursday as the total number of cases in the UT reached 614, 556 cases in Kashmir division and 58 in Jammu.
District Anantnag contributed the highest number of cases toThursday’s tally. The district which remained COVID19 free for a long time had12 new cases taking the total number in the district to 83.
Baramulla had 11 new positives, Kulgam four, Srinagar two,Pulwama two, Shopian one and Budgam one.
While 13 of the 33 new cases had been tested at SKIMS, 20have been reported by CD Hospital lab.
Anantnag’s new patients are a five year old female child, a10 year old male child, a 13 year old female child, a 32 year old female, a 34year old male, a 37year old male, a 40 year old male, a 42 year old female, a55 year old female, a 65 year old female, 60 an a 70 year old males.
Four cases from Kulgam – two females aged 32 and 65 and twomales aged 30 and 75.
A man from Srinagar, 55 year old son of the Rainawari womanwho died on 28 April was among the new cases from Srinagar. In addition, one 85year old male from Hyderpora Srinagar was a new case emerging from Srinagardistrict.
Pulwama had two new positives today – a 65 year old femaleand a 55 year old male.
Five out of the 11 new COVID19 positives from districtBaramulla were from Sopore.
Dr Farooq Jan, medical superintendent SKIMS said four werefrom Naseem Bagh Sopore – 49 year old male, 46 year old female, 20 year oldmale and 12 year old male while one 25 year old female was from Nowpora Sopore.A 22 year old male and a 22 year old female from Sangrama Baramulla were alsoamong Baramulla’s tally today.
Four patients from Tangmarg were among positive cases fromBaramulla – 46 male, 33 male, 42 male, 32 male.
In addition, one 25 year old male from Hillow Shopian testedpositive today at SKIMS lab.
From 300 to 600, the COVID19 cases doubled in 15 days inJ&K. While the 300 mark was reached on 15 April, exactly two weeks after,today, J&K crossed 600 mark. The doubling rate of 15 days is lower thanall-India average of 11 days.
Case doubling rate has increased three times from first andsecond week of April when it took just five days for cases to reach 224 from109.
Lav Agarwal, joint secretary, ministry of health and familywelfare termed the widening gap between case doubling “a positive sign” whilestating that J&K along with Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, TamilNadu and Punjab have doubling rate between 11 and 20 days.
However, states like Karnataka, Ladakh, Haryana Uttarakhandand Kerala fared better with doubling rate of 20-40 days. The neighboring stateof Himachal Pradesh has case doubling of 40 days.