COVID-19 in JK: 27 more test positive, total tally climbs to 434

Aqib Ul Ahad/Mubashir Naik
Srinagar/Jammu: As 27 more tested positive for the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday , the total number of cases climbed to 434 in Jammu & Kashmir.
Officials said 27 persons have tested positive in J&K of which 26 are from Kashmir division and one from Jammu division. They further added that among 434 total positive cases, 377 are from Kashmir division and 57 are from Jammu division. They said among new 26 cases in Kashmir division, nine are from Shopian, seven from Anantnag, four from Kupwara, three from Baramulla, two from Bandipora and one from Budgam district while as one case has been reported at Ramban in Jammu division. In Jammu division, 26 including five recoveries are from Jammu district , 20 including one death and eight recoveries are from Udhampur, 4 from Samba and 4 from Rajouri including three recoveries, one from Kishtiwar who has also recovered and one from Ramban
As per the daily information bulletin 64,876 persons in Jammu and Kashmir are under observation while as 6039 persons have been kept under home quarantine besides that 330 persons are in hospital isolation while as 279 persons are under hospital quarantine.
According to the bulletin, 44,940 persons have completed surveillance period and 13,283 persons are under home surveillance besides that so far results of 10,977 samples are available.
Out of 10,977 the number of samples tested negative stands at 10,550 while as 427 have been tested positive, among them 330 are active and 92 persons have recovered and 5 persons have died