Lab technician of hospital among 9 people test positive in Sopore

Srinagar: An employee of Sub District Hospital is among nine people who have tested positive for Coronavirus in Sopore on Thursday.

An official told news agency KINS that nine people have tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday in Sopore.
“Among them one is employee at Sub District Hospital. He is a lab technician and was collecting the COVID-19 samples for testing,” the official said.

BMO Sopore Dr Asif Khanday also confirmed to news agency KINS that lab technician of sub district hospital has been tested positive.

At least 285 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 63 from Jammu division and 222 from Kashmir division, have been reported Thursday thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 3142. Also, one COVID-19 death has been reported from Kashmir division on Thursday.(KINS)