Altaf Hamid Rao;
Tally surges to 66 in the State,
MIRPUR (AJK): With the appearance of only one new case of novel coronavirus registered during last 24 hours in Azad Jammu Kashmir, the number of confirmed corona-virus positive cases rose to 66 in the State on Monday, AJK Health department said.
In a statement on the updated situation of pandemic in AJK, issued on Wednesday, the State Health Authorities confirmed registration of one new cases in AJK’s Palandri district.
According to the report issued by AJK Health Department on Wednesday, total of 1967 suspected cases were sent for test, of whom the result of 1735 had been received with 66 positive cases.
Out of the 66 coronavirus positive cases, 37 had been fully recovered and discharged from the different health facilities across the state.
Out of 29 active cases, 6 are receiving treatment in CMH Rawalakot, 8 admitted in Palandri DHQ Hospital, 6 in isolation hospital Muzaffarabad, 2 in THQ Hospital Dudhyal, 2 in DHQ Hospital Bagh and 5 in DHQ Hospital Kotli. Three positive patients belonged to Sargodha, Pakistan were also under treatment in DHQ hospital Kotli.
1666 persons were tested negative for COVID-19 while results of 232 cases are awaited which are scheduled to reach in a day or two next.
The government has established 61 quarantine centers in all ten districts of the state while officials of the health departments deputed at entry points of the state were busy round the clock in screening the visitors.
PCR testing is being done at Virology Lab Abbas Institute of Medical Sciences, CMH Rawalakot and Divisional Headquarter Hospital Mirpur