<p>In a steep single-day rise, the number of COVID-19 positive patients jumped to 92 in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday with 17 positive cases reported in the day.</p>.<p>Those who tested positive, include eight patients admitted at Government Medical College in north Kashmir’s Baramulla while five others are admitted at super-specialty SKIMS hospital in Srinagar and one at Chest Disease Hospital, Srinagar.</p>.<p>The rest of the three positive cases, who were reported in the early morning, are from the Udhampur district of the Jammu division.</p>.<p>As per officials, out of these 92 COVID-19-affected people, 87 are active patients as three persons—two from Jammu and one (first COVID-19 patient) from Kashmir have recovered while two others died. Among the active cases, 68 are in Kashmir and 19 are in Jammu.</p>.<p>It was the single highest day rise in J&K since the first positive COVID-19 case was reported on March 19. Earlier on March 28, J&K recorded a single-day jump as 12 persons were confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 which included a doctor from Jammu.</p>.<p>A senior doctor said that the graph for COVID-19 positives is likely to rise steeply in the coming days as more testing is conducted across J&K, especially in the valley. As a result of the narrow testing criteria, he said, so-far a lesser number of positive cases are coming to the fore.</p>
<p>In a steep single-day rise, the number of COVID-19 positive patients jumped to 92 in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday with 17 positive cases reported in the day.</p>.<p>Those who tested positive, include eight patients admitted at Government Medical College in north Kashmir’s Baramulla while five others are admitted at super-specialty SKIMS hospital in Srinagar and one at Chest Disease Hospital, Srinagar.</p>.<p>The rest of the three positive cases, who were reported in the early morning, are from the Udhampur district of the Jammu division.</p>.<p>As per officials, out of these 92 COVID-19-affected people, 87 are active patients as three persons—two from Jammu and one (first COVID-19 patient) from Kashmir have recovered while two others died. Among the active cases, 68 are in Kashmir and 19 are in Jammu.</p>.<p>It was the single highest day rise in J&K since the first positive COVID-19 case was reported on March 19. Earlier on March 28, J&K recorded a single-day jump as 12 persons were confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 which included a doctor from Jammu.</p>.<p>A senior doctor said that the graph for COVID-19 positives is likely to rise steeply in the coming days as more testing is conducted across J&K, especially in the valley. As a result of the narrow testing criteria, he said, so-far a lesser number of positive cases are coming to the fore.</p>
