Fayaz Bukhari
Srinagar, May 10: An employee of Government Medical College Srinagar and a staff nurse at Super Specialty Hospital (SSH) Shireenbagh were among 23 people who tested positive for COVID-19 in Kashmir today, taking overall tally of the COVID-19 positives in J&K to 861.
Among the fresh cases, Kulgam district reported 10, Srinagar 5, Shopian 3 and Baramulla and Kupwara two each.
Nodal Officer Government Medical College Srinagar Dr Salim Khan told Excelsior that 367 samples were processed at Microbiology Lab of CD Hospital Srinagar and eight tested positive for the COVID-19.
Among them five are from Srinagar and include three contacts of a 35-year-old doctor at SSH who tested positive early this week. One is from Nehru Park and an employee of GMC Srinagar.
The other cases include two from Shopian, contacts of previous patients admitted in JLNM Hospital Srinagar while another is staff nurse from SSH here, a resident of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
The Nehru Park man had traveled from Jammu by road and was intercepted by Police following which he was sampled at TRC and taken into quarantine at Nehru Park. He is basically a resident of Hidi, Kupwara.
Medical Superintendent SKIMS Soura Dr Farooq Jan told Excelsior that three out of 685 samples tested at the hospital’s virology lab came out to be positive. They include 45-year-old man from Shopian, 50-year-old man from Kanlibagh Baramulla and a 20-year-old man from Gonipora Handwara in northern Kupwara district.
Twelve tested positive at Dr. Lal Path Labs and it was for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic that samples were tested at the private lab. They pertained to those who arrived from outside J&K and were all under quarantine.
The fresh 27 cases in Jammu and Kashmir has taken the number of Corona positives in Jammu and Kashmir to 861. Among them, 469 are active, 383 have recovered and nine died.
With these cases, Bandipora has 134 positive cases including 57 active, followed by Srinagar with 136 cases including 58 active, Anantnag 123 with 119 active, Baramulla 108 with 60 active, Shopian 103 positive cases including 52 active, Kupwara 73 cases including 31 active, Budgam 46 cases including 33 active, 31 cases from Kulgam including 26 active, 23 cases from Ganderbal including 9 active and Pulwama 12 positive including 9 active.
So far 93344 travellers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been enlisted for surveillance which included 21760 persons in home quarantine including facilities operated by Government, 177 in Hospital Quarantine, 469 in hospital isolation and 9615 under home surveillance. Besides, 61314 persons have completed their surveillance period.
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