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17 people tested positive for novel coronavirus in Jammu & Kashmir

In Jammu & Kashmir, seventeen people have tested positive for novel coronavirus today taking the number of positive cases in the Union Territory to 92. J&K Government's spokesperson Rohit Kansal said that three fresh cases were reported from Narsoo village in Udhampur district of Jammu region with travel history abroad and 14 cases were reported from Kashmir Division. With this, the total number of coronavirus patients in Kashmir stands at 71 and in Jammu division at 21.<br />''<br />'' Two patients, both in Kashmir, have died of the disease while over 23,000 people are under surveillance. A total of 34 hotspots have been identified in J&K. These include seven in Pulwama, five in Srinagar and four each in Bandipora and Budgam, two in Shopian and one each in Ganderbal and Baramulla in Kashmir division and five in Rajouri, four in Jammu and one in Udhampur district of Jammu division. Meanwhile, Dr. Naveed Shah, Medical Superintendent CD Hospital, Srinagar has informed that reports of 5 persons in J&K who had earlier tested positive for Coronavirus, have come to be negative in repeat test. He said their samples will be taken for another test and after the quarantine period will be over they will be discharged. In another development, 345 quarantine inmates who were kept in administrative quarantine in Kathua district after they entered J&K from other states after the declaration of lockdown in the country, were sent to Kashmir today after completion of 14 days Quarantine period. The  inmates were sent to their respective Districts in 19 SRTC buses arranged by Government.<br />''<br />

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