Agencies

In major spike in Coronavirus cases in Jammu region, wife and son of an Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, who had returned from New Delhi, were among 52 persons including a Major, a BSF jawan and a police constable deployed at Lakhanpur who tested positive for Coronavirus today, 26 of them in Jammu district alone, while an Income Tax lawyer from Trikuta Nagar, who died of multiple problems at ASCOMS Sidhra has also tested positive for COVID-19 taking Corona casualties in Jammu region to three and total cases to 291.

Officials told that wife and son of an Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor who had returned from New Delhi tonight tested positive for COVID-19 and were immediately shifted to SMVD Narayana Hospital at Kakryal in Katra.

The Advisor will be subjected to testing later. Other contacts of the positives, if any, will be identified and subjected to sampling shortly.

Three members of a family of Rajpura near Shakti Nagar in Jammu district also tested positive tonight.

An Income Tax lawyer hailing from Sector 1, Trikuta Nagar, who had died at ASCOMS Sidhra due to multiple complications earlier in the day, tested positive for COVID tonight as his sample was taken after his death. His body will be cremated under the protocol for Corona deaths.

This is the third Corona casualty in Jammu region, the first two being in village Tikri of Udhampur district and another at Preet Nagar, Digiana in Jammu district.

Of 52 Corona positive cases detected today, 26 belonged to Jammu district, eight Samba, four Kathua, three each in Udhampur, Reasi and Rajouri and rest to other districts.

Officials said a 31-year old Major has tested positive for COVID-19. He hailed from New Delhi but his place of posting hasn’t been mentioned.