Coronavirus , 11 more test positive in Jammu and Kashmir, 329 FIRs against lockdown
Eleven more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Kashmir on Saturday, pushing the number of cases to 28.
The police-civilian confrontation also spiked in the Valley, forcing the authorities to book and arrest dozens of civilians, including shopkeepers and a Block Development Council chairperson.
J&K spokesman Rohit Kansal said seven more positive cases were reported in Srinagar. “Four cases had a history of contact with already positive cases who participated in a religious congregation. Three others have a travel history outside J&K. More contacts are being traced,” he said.
In the evening, an official of the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute Medical Sciences (SKIMS) hospital said a resident of Budgam’s Chadoora also tested positive.
A riot broke out in the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Hospital, where 26 locals including 14 females, were quarantined after a patient tested positive from the city’s Chattabal and Batamaloo areas.
