COVID-19: 16 more test positive; J-K tally rises to 581

Sixteen more people have tested positive of the coronavirus in Kashmir, taking the number of COVID-19 patients in J-K to 581.

Official sources told that among them, six were confirmed at Viral Diagnostic Lab of SKIMS, Srinagar, and include four from Budgam and one each from Baramulla and Kulgam districts.

Ten were confirmed at the COVID-19 testing laboratory at Chest Disease Hospital, Srinagar, and include nine from Anantnag district and one from Srinagar.

As per the official data, there are now 581 cases in Jammu and Kashmir and 58 of them are in Jammu division. ( GNS )