Srinagar: Out of 18 positive cases that surfaced in Kashmir today, only one is from Srinagar.
District Development Commissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Chowdary said that 8, Covid-19 patients in Srinagar sound panicky, but it is not. “This a classic tracing success story. We found a group of non-local visitors, acted fast and quarantined them. Out of 8 persons only one is from Srinagar who has come in contact with this non-local group.
Sources told KNT that a group of 7 visitors from Kerala, part of Tableegi Jamat were present in Srinagar. A local youth from Chatabla area was in touch with them. As the administration came to know about it, they were quarantined and today their tests were found positive.
There are 207 confirmed cases in Jammu and Kashmir, out of which 168 are from Kashmir among which 7 are non-locals. (KNT)