Panic gripped Kharpora area of Anantnag district on Sunday after test reports of a pregnant woman, who died during stillbirth of two babies on Saturday, confirmed she was Covid-19 positive. Apparently the Covid-19 protocol was compromised as the woman arrived in the hospital from a red-zone and her body was handed over to her relatives for last rites without waiting for the test reports.
Meanwhile, with 27 fresh cases, all from Kashmir division the total number of Covid19 positive cases crossed the 500 mark on Sunday. In last five days 143 cases have been added in the list.
According to the daily Media Bulletin, out of 523 positive cases, 380 are Active Positive, 137 have recovered and 06 have died.
Moreover, 25 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged, 10 from SKIMS Bemina, 05 from JLNM Hospital Srinagar, 02 CHC Kupwara and 08 from Chest Disease Hospital Jammu.
The Bulletin further said that out of 13959 test results available, 13436 samples have tested as negative till April 26, 2020.
One of the hot spot district of Bandipora has so far recorded 124 positive cases wherein 100 are Active Positive, 23 recovered and 01 has died, Srinagar recorded 85 positive cases with 47 Active Positive, 37 recovered and 01 died; Shopian has 63 positive cases with 52 Active Positive, 11 recovered; Baramulla 62 positive cases with 42 Active Positive, 17 recovered, and 03 died; Kupwara has 47 positive cases with 39 Active Positive and 08 recovered; Anantnag district has 48 positive case and all are Active Positive; Ganderbal has 14 positive cases with 12 Active positive and 02 have recovered; Budgam 14 positive cases of which 05 are Active Positive with 09 recovered cases; Kulgam has 06 cases and all are Active Positive; Pulwama 03 positive cases who all have recovered.
Similarly, Jammu has 26 positive cases of whom 12 are Active Positive and 14 have recovered, Udhampur 20 positive cases of which 10 are Active Positive, 09 recovered and 01 died, while as Samba district has 04 positive cases and all are Active Positive; Rajouri has 04 positive cases, 01 active positive and 03 have recovered; Kathua has 01 positive case who is active positive; Ramban has 01 positive case who is Active Positive. Meanwhile, Kishtwar had only 01 positive case who has recovered.
Meanwhile, the door-to-door health survey in all areas notified as red zones in J&K is nearing completion and now the district authorities in Jammu and Srinagar have decided to cover the entire population.