30 New COVID-19 positive cases traced in AJK raising tally to 361
Altaf Hamid Rao;
MIRPUR, (Parliament Times): Azad Jammu & Kashmir is constantly suffering rapid spread of novel coronavirus after the State faced 30 new cases of the pandemic registered during last 24 hours in different parts of the State raising the tally to 361 on Saturday.
The official statement released to the media here Saturday evening on the updated situation of pandemic in AJK by the State Health Services authorities confirmed the registration of 30 new cases in AJK – which include 16 from cappital Muzaffarabad district, 05 from Hattiyaan Bala district, one from Bagh, 06 from Bhimber and 06 from Kotli district.
It may be added that a total of 08 casualties have been reported in entire Azad Jammu Kashmir because of the Corona Virus so far which include 05 in Muzaffarabad district, 02 in Mirpur district and one in Rawalakot district.
At present a total of 163 patients tested positive, were receiving treatment in various state-run health facilities / isolation centers at present in various parts of the AJK state, the health authorities said. At the same time, after the complete recovery 05 more patients were discharged from the health facilities at various parts of AJK on Friday – raising the total number of the patients discharged so far across AJK to 185, the AJK Health authorities disclosed.
A total of 408 new cases suspected of the pandemic, were tested in entire Azad Jammu Kashmir on Saturday.
At the same time a total of 190 COVID-19 patients have been recovered and discharged after due treatment in from various health facilities by Saturday – June 06. . According to the Health Authorities a total of 8342 suspected cases from various parts of the State were sent for test, of which the results of 8289 had been received with 361 positive cases in the State.
Out of the total of 361 corona virus positive cases, 190 were fully recovered and discharged from different health facilities and the state-run isolation centers in various parts of the state by Saturday, the authorities said.
At the same time AJK Health authorities said in a statement late Saturday that a total of 7928 persons were tested negative for COVID-19 while results of 53 cases are awaited which were scheduled to reach in a day or two next.
A total of 58 Quarantine centers are constantly engaged in serving the pandemic-hit suspects for their recovery in all ten districts of Azad Jammu Kashmir.
District Rapid Response teams with the coordination of the State Health Department mobile medicos were continuing the screening of all new entrants at all 07 entry / exit points in AJK including Gujrat-Bhimbher entry point besides Mangla, Dadayal, Holar, Azad Pattan, Kohala and Garhi Habib Ullah, according to the AJK Health Authorities.