Tally reaches 726 in JK
Srinagar, May 04: Twenty Five more people tested positive for Covid-19 infection in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, taking the number of infected to 726.As per the officials, at 20 were test positive at Viral Diagnostic Lab at SKIMS, Srinagar, and four others at COVID-19 testing lab at Chest Disease Hospital, Dalgate.Among the fresh cases include 12 from Baramulla, four from Budgam and two each from Srinagar, Shopian, Bandipora, and one each from Pulwama , Poonch district and 1 from Jammu district. Till date 77656 persons have been put under the observation which include 11,850 in home quarantine, 182 in hospital quarantine, 415 in hospital isolation, and 7232 under home surveillance.It said 57,969 persons have completed their surveillance period.
J&K has so far witnessed eight casualties due to coronavirus of which seven are from Kashmir and one from Jamu. (JKNS)