Srinagar, March 29: Five more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Kashmir on Sunday, taking the number of infected to 38 and dead to two in the Jammu and Kashmir.
Rohit Kansal, the spokesperson for the Jammu and Kashmir administration, said among the new cases two each were from Srinagar and Budgam and one from Baramulla.
A 67-year-old man, who had contracted Covid-19, died in Srinagar’s Chest Disease Hospital in the morning, Kansal had said earlier.
“Sad start to the day. Unfortunate demise of a coronavirus patient in Srinagar this morning,” Kansal had tweeted.
Around 5763 travelers and people in contact with suspected cases have been put under surveillance so far the Jammu and Kashmir. (JKNS)
