With only six cases from Kashmir and two from Jammu, the union territory of Jammu&Kashmir on Tuesday partially reversed the trend by recording more number of fully recovered cases in comparison to those who were tested positive.
However, panic gripped among the staff and administrative authorities of a private hospital soon after a doctor and a sanitation worker, tested positive on Tuesday afternoon in Jammu.
The district authorities launched contact tracing of fresh positive cases and also shifted contacts of other positive cases to dedicated quarantine centres. So far, 30 cases, 21 from Kashmir and 9 from Jammu region have recovered after defeating coronavirus.
Meanwhile, Health authorities in Budgam district also heaved a sigh of relief after over 50 samples of close contacts of a positive case tested negative.
In Budgam district alone a total number of 349 samples were collected so far. Out of which 286 are negative, 11 positive and reports of 52 samples were still awaited. In Udhampur too, out of 139 contacts test reports of 64 high risk contacts have tested negative while 17 fresh samples were sent for testing.
According to a media bulletin, the total number of positive cases stood at 278 on Tuesday. Out of this, a total number of 244 active cases are undergoing treatment across different Covid-19 hospitals in Jammu&Kashmir and 244 patients are currently under hospital isolation and 365 under hospital quarantine.
In Srinagar, the district authorities completed sealed several -red-zone areas by raising barricades.
Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr Samir Mattoo in a statement said that an aggressive sampling process has been launched in all the districts across Kashmir division stating that Directorate was aiming to take 800 samples per day.
“The process will provide a big relief to the COVID-19 patients and we will also be able to provide rapid response in their treatment,” Dr Mattoo said.
He said that after Directorate of Health Services Kashmir (DHSK) trained 157 Lab technicians from all Valley districts, the sample collection across the province has risen significantly in the last five days.
“It has enormously decreased the burden of shifting of suspects to CD hospital and SKIMS for testing,” he said, adding “Special Collection booths have been set up for the safety of healthcare workers.”