04 year Old Girl along with mother test positive in Bandipora Total Positive cases Jump to 51 in Bandipora

Suhail Rather

Bandipora, Apr 13(PTK): A four year old girl and her mother were tested positive for Coronavirus today in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Nine confirmed positive cases were reported from the district today, taking the total number of positive cases to 51.

An official said that 09 patients who were tested positive today are all contacts of the deceased Covid-19 man from Gund- Jehangeer Bandipora.

“After the death of Covid-19 patient at Gund Jehangeer, we had quarantined 14 relatives of that man and among those 9 were tested positive today. The sad part of the story is that 04 year old girl has also been tested positive. We are shifting them to isolation wards,” he said.

He added that, eight among the fresh cases were reported from Gund-Jahangeer while one patient belongs to Naidkhai area of Hajin. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the district includes two patients who have recovered and one death.

Authorities have declared 12 areas as red zones while all the entry and exit points have been sealed.

Meanwhile, 25 new cases including 12 non-locals of Covid-19 were reported in Jammu and Kashmir today and they all are from Kashmir, though 12 have of them are non-locals.

There are total 270 confirmed cases in Jammu and Kashmir. For the third consecutive day, Srinagar witnessed no Covid-19 case on Monday. (PTK)