Altaf Hamid Rao
MIRPUR (AJK): With the appearance of three new cases of novel coronavirus during last 24 hours in Azad Jammu Kashmir, the number of confirmed corona-virus cases registered positive increased to 91 in the State on Wednesday, AJK Health department said.
At the same time, the blood samples of new 208 suspects were tested across the State on Wednesday.
In a statement on the updated situation of pandemic in AJK issued on Wednesday, the State Health Authorities confirmed registration of 03 new case in AJK including two belonging to Bagh district and one from Rawalakot district.
According to the report a total of 3245 suspected cases were sent for test, of whom the result of 3183 had been received with 91 positive cases.
Out of the total of 91 corona virus positive cases, 69 have been fully recovered and discharged from the different health facilities across the state by Wednesday.
A total of 21 patients tested positive, were receiving treatment in various state-run health facilities / isolation centers in various parts of the AJK state.
A total of 3092 persons tested negative for COVID-19 while results of 62 cases are awaited which were scheduled to reach in a day or two next.