Kashmir’s first positive COVID-19 case treated successfully

Srinagar, March 24 (IANS) The first positive case of coronavirus in Srinagar has been successfully treated, an official said on Tuesday.

Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Shahid Choudhary, quoting the Director of the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, tweeted: “Srinagar’s first COVID-19 positive case successfully treated: Director SKIMS. Let’s #BreakTheChain”.

The first positive case of Covid-19 in the Kashmir Valley was reported on March 17. A woman from Khanyar in downtown Srinagar, with travel history of Saudi Arabia, had tested positive and had been undergoing treatment at the SKIMS.

Meanwhile two more persons, with travel history to outside J&K, were found positive on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases in Kashmir to three.

–IANS

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