Jammu and Kashmir witnessed the highest one-day jump inCOVID-19 patients on Tuesday as 55 persons tested positive, taking the totalcases to over 900.
Professor Farooq Jan, Medical Superintendent SKIMS said 47people tested positive at the tertiary care’s viral diagnostic lab in last 24hours, reported news agency GNS.
Among them, he said, 28 are from Kulgam, ten from GoniporaHandwara, seven from Jammu while one each case in from Shopain and Anantnagdistrict.
Dr Saleem Khan, nodal officer told GNS that at CD HospitalSrinagar’s Microbiology Lab , 826 samples were processed and seven among them–4 from Kokernag Anantnag, 2 from Reasi and one from Kathua—tested positive.One case was reported from Jammu, sources said.