Srinagar: Five more people have been tested positive in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir; two in Srinagar and three in Jammu. The tally has risen to thirty-three, wherein one has died and two are said to have recovered.
The government spokesperson Rohit Kansal said that all the cases were contacts of previous positive cases, while the patients in Jammu were asymptomatic.
He tweeted: “#COVID19 #J&K Hardly do I finish my press briefing -28 cases-that I get more unpleasant news -5 new positive cases- 2 in Srinagar, 3 in Jammu- all contacts of previously positive ones ; All Jammu cases asymptomatic. We are at 33 now. @diprjk @HealthMedicalE1 @MoHFW_INDIA.”
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In a surge, there were thirteen people tested positive today in Jammu and Kashmir. Meanwhile, there are more than 900 positive cases of the virus in India.