Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir today reported highest ever single day rise in Covid-19 positive cases as 40 people tested positive for the deadly virus on Saturday.
“Finally J&K breaks the 1000 test barrier- 1071 samples tested in the last 24 hours. But that also means more positives- so 40 new cases today- all from Kashmir. Total positive cases now 494. Jammu-57 Kashmir-437. An unfortunate death too; total deaths now 6,” tweeted Government spokesman Rohit Kansal.
The highest single day rise in Covid-19 positive cases comes at a time when J&K government claimed to have done 1000 tests per million. Earlier, it was 703 per million.
