Srinagar: Twenty-one persons tested positive for coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir in last 24 hours, taking the covid-19 tally to 245.
“21 new cases of Covid-19 reported in J&K today. 17 from Kashmir Division and 4 from Jammu Division,” Rohit Kansal (IAS), government spokesman said in a tweet.
From the time the first COVID-19 case was announced in J&K on March 09, it took about three weeks for the cases to reach 50-mark. It took the next five days for the cases to double to cross 100-mark and next five days to cross 200-mark.
From 52 reported cases by the end of last month, the J&K reached a cumulative tally of 106 cases on April 5. Till date, the officially confirmed tally stands at 245—49 in Jammu and 197 in Kashmir. Four people have died due to the deadly infection in the J&K while six others—three each in Jammu and Kashmir divisions have recovered and have been discharged, leaving the active cases in Kashmir to 191 and 45 in Jammu.
