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Second positive case of Covid in J&K
Posted 14 Mar 2020 01:51 PM

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Another patient has tested positive for coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the number of persons infected with Covid in the Union Territory (UT) to two.

“A patient, who was in contact with an already positive patient of coronavirus, has been tested positive in Jammu. With this, two persons have been tested positive in J&K. Till date, a total of 1,743 travellers and persons in contact with suspected cases, have been put under surveillance in the UT,” Bhupinder Kumar, mission director, National Health Mission (NHM), J&K, said.

Kumar said, “A total number of 1,485 persons are in home quarantine, 18 in hospital quarantine, 81 under home surveillance, 159 have completed their 28 days of surveillance period, 85 samples have been sent for testing, 77 tested negative and reports of six persons are awaited”.

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