Jammu and Kashmir reports 55 fresh COVID-19 cases in 24 Hours

Jammu and Kashmir witnessed the highest jump in COVID-19 cases on Tuesday with 55 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.

Of the new cases, 42 are from Kashmir and 13 from Jammu region. With this, the total tally of coronavirus cases touched 934 – 469 of them being active.

As many as 28 patients also recovered from the infection on Tuesday. So far, 10 persons have lost their lives to the



virus. Of them, six had co-morbid conditions.

SKIMS Medical Superintendent Dr Farooq A Jan said the new cases were reported from samples who had come back to Kashmir over the past few days.

The most number of cases (27) were registered in Kulgam district on Tuesday. As many as 10 cases were reported today from the Gonipora area of Kupwara district which has recently emerged as new hotspot of the virus with 35 cases.