This brings the total number of cases to 61,145.
Nine community cases
Amongst the new cases, nine are in the community and out of the nine, eight are linked to previous cases.
Cases 62621
She is a homemaker, and is the spouse of Case 62063.
Case 62622, a four-year-old girl, is their child.
As they had been identified as close contacts of 61993, they were placed on quarantine on April 15.
They were tested for Covid-19 infection during quarantine on April 16, and both their tests were negative.
They developed acute respiratory infection (ARI) symptoms on April 28, and were tested again after reporting their symptoms.
This time, their test results came back positive for Covid-19 infection on April 29 and they were conveyed to KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
SRINAGAR: A voluntary Covid vaccination drive for Kashmir University’s teaching and non-teaching staff members, aged above 45 years, started at the University of Kashmir on Tuesday.
Nearly 100 doses were administered on day-one of the three-day special drive, organised by the University Health Centre in collaboration with the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Government Medical College Srinagar, Block Hazratbal. These included in-charge Vice-Chancellor, Dean of Academic Affairs, Deans of various faculties, Registrar, heads of departments, senior officers including Joint and Deputy Registrars as well as scores of non-teaching staff members.
“There was a very good response to the vaccination drive on day one,” said Dr Ashfaq A Zarri, Joint Registrar, who looks after the affairs of the University Health Centre.