Srinagar
One more person, a 22-year-old, has tested positive in Kashmir for coronavirus, taking the number of covid-19 patients to seven in Jammu and Kashmir.
Taking to social networking site Twitter, government spokesman Rohit Kansal wrote, “Another positive case in Kashmir division. Patient, from Baramulla, with a history of travel outside J&K but no history of travel abroad. Contact tracing on.”
Update and Clarification
Patient belongs to Bandipora but is being treated in Baramulla. https://t.co/6PqLjiOVsH— Rohit Kansal (@kansalrohit69) March 24, 2020
Earlier, in the day two people, who had arrived from Saudi Arabia and New Delhi recently, tested positive for COVID-19.
As of now, four persons have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kashmir Valley while the tally of such patients in the entire J&K has gone up to 7. Three cases were reported from Jammu earlier this month. The government informed that one among the patients has recovered.
