A bottling plant of a major soft drink company was sealed in Jammu on Sunday soon after the test reports of 18 workers tested positive in the premises. Three days ago, a worker had tested positive in the same premises after which fresh samples were lifted to screen others. Meanwhile, 183 new cases of coronavirus were detected and five more patients died due to Covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
The total tally of cases has reached 8429 and 132 deaths have been reported in J&k.
According to the media bulletin, out of 183 new cases, 51 were detected from Jammu and 132 from Kashmir division while five deaths were reported from Jammu. The active cases in Jammu and Kashmir have crossed 3000 while total recoveries stood at 5255 late sunday evening. Srinagar tested 59 positive cases while kupwara and Budgam tested 20 and 19 cases respectively while Samba reported 18 cases, Jammu reported 9 and Kathua reported 7 seven cases.