Toll rises to 45 in J&K Seven; more test positive for COVID-19

Seven more COVID-19 cases were detected in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, prompting the administration to further tighten the restrictions on the movement of people.

“#COVID19 Four more cases detected positive in Kasmir. 2 each from Shopian and Srinagar.  All contacts of previous positive cases. Contact tracing working on the ground (sic),” J&K government spokesperson Rohit Kansal, tweeted in the afternoon.

Earlier, in the morning, in another tweet, he said: “No new cases in Kashmir division; in Jammu Division 3 new positive cases.” With these fresh cases, the total number of patients tested positive for the deadly virus in Jammu and Kashmir  risen to 45.

While two among them died, two have recovered so-far. A woman from the old city Khanyar area of Srinagar, who became the first case of the COVID-19 disease in Kashmir, has now tested negative for the novel disease.