A total number of 25 cases of Covid-19 were reported from Kashmir division while Jammu region recorded zero case in the last 24 hours,taking the final tally of positive cases to 270 across the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir on Monday.
In Srinagar, two children, who had tested positive earlier, were discharged from JLNM Hospital Rainawari Srinagar along with their mother who was Covid-19 Negative but was staying with her daughters.
The repeat samples of both the children and of the mother came 'negative' for Covid-19 on Monday.
Spokesman of the Jammu & Kashmir Government, Rohit Kansal also tweeted on a happy note, "The bright spark - the number of recovered and discharged cases now goes up to 16. Tremendous effort by the doctors and all support staff both at Jammu and Srinagar "
Even though the number of positive cases have been steadily increasing in the valley over the past 10 days the government agencies are focusing on contact tracing of positive cases and urging more and more people to report their travel history in order to break the chain.
Out of 270 Covid-19 cases, 250 are active. 38 cases are active in Jammu and 212 in Kashmir division. Srinagar, Bandipora and Baramulla districts have accounted for maximum number of 70, 51 and 40 cases so far in Kashmir valley while Jammu has reported 21 cases and Udhampur 19 so far.
While four patients have died in Jammu and Kashmir, one in Jammu and three in Kashmir valley.
More than 53,000 people have been kept under surveillance, including those who are either in Government established quarantine facilities or in home quarantine.