A patient admitted in the Chest disease hospital died on Monday taking the total death toll due to Covid-19 in Jammu & Kashmir to 10. Four days ago, 32-year-old son of the patient too had died after he had contracted coronavirus infection while attending to his ailing father in the Super Specialty hospital.
Meanwhile, 18 new positive cases of coronavirus were detected, 12 from Kashmir division and 6 from Jammu division on Monday taking the total tally to 879 cases. Out of 12 new cases, 11 cases were detected positive from Kulgam district alone while 1 patient tested positive in Baramulla. In addtion, 44 patients, all from Kashmir, were discharged from hospitals after complete recvovery.
So far , more than 51,000 samples have been tested across Jammu & Kashmir and 427 patients have recovered.
According to Shailendra Mishra, SSP, Kathua, "3 more tested positive for covid at Billawar, taking the toll up to 05 in Kathua district. All 3 were already in quarantine and were identified at Lakhanpur corridor. Let’s keep our guard up."
Three cases were detected from Jammu. One of the patient from New Plot area of Jammu was already admitted in the GMC, Jammu and one each from Nagrota and Bhatindi, with a travel history to Ahmedabad tested positive during screening at the gateway of Jammu and Kashmir in Lakhanpur.
On the other hand, Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam Monday visited Jammu railway station to review arrangements for stranded passengers, reaching here via special trains from Tuesday.