Srinagar: Eighteen people tested positive for COVID-19 in Kashmir on Thursday; nine among them are from Shopian, south Kashmir.
Talking to The Kashmir Walla, Dr. GH Yatoo, Nodal Officer of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science, Srinagar, confirmed the tally. “Nine are from Shopian and rest are different districts of Kashmir,” he said.
Till yesterday, 64,089 people in J-K are under observation while 5,806 people have been kept under home quarantine besides 310 people are in hospital isolation while 252 persons are under hospital quarantine.
42,340 people have completed the surveillance period and 15,376 people are under home surveillance.