01 more dies of the pandemic raising death toll to 33:
Altaf Hamid Rao;
MIRPUR, (Parliament Times): In Azad Jammu Kashmir 25 fresh Corona Virus suspects tested positive were registered and hospitalized in Azad Jammu Kashmir during last 24 hours raising tally to 1160 across the State on Thursday, it was officially stated.
Our special correspondent from AJK Altaf Hamid Rao reports that at the same time at least 686 patients out of total of 1160 tested positive in Azad Jammu Kashmir, have recovered and discharged from various health facilities across the liberated territory, the state health authorities said in a statement on the updated situation of pandemic in AJK issued Thursday night. The State Health Services authorities, while talking to this scribe Thursday night, confirmed the registration of 25 new cases in AJK – which include 10 in Mirpur, 06 in Kotli, 03 in capital city of Muzaffarabad, 05 in Jhelum valley and one in Bhimbher district.
One more causality following the pandemic ws reported in Kotli district during last 24 hours the death toll rose to 33in entire AJK.
33 ill-fated persons have so far lost lives due to the pandemic in AJK including 13 in Muzaffarabad district, 05 in Mirpur. 04 in Bagh and 03 in Rawalakot 05 in Bhimbher and 02 in Palandri district and one in Kotli district. Among a total of 441 patients tested positive, 317 housed in various home isolation and rest of 124 patients admitted in various the state-run hospital in different parts of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. At the same time, after the complete recovery of 129 more patients were discharged from the health facilities at various parts of AJK on Thursday – raising the total number of the patients discharged so far across AJK to 686 the AJK Health authorities disclosed.
A total of 235 new cases suspected of the pandemic, were tested in entire Azad Jammu Kashmir on Thursday. According to the Health Authorities a total of 16674 suspected cases from various parts of the State were sent for test, of which the results of 16622 had been received with a total of 1160 positive cases across the State so far, the authorities said.
Out of the total of 1160 corona virus positive cases, seven more patients were fully recovered and discharged from different health facilities and the state-run isolation centers in various parts of the state by Thursday, the authorities said. At the same time AJK Health authorities said in a statement late Thursday a total of 14795 persons were tested negative for COVID-19 while results of 52 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.