Of 121 patients, only 13 discharged so far
Babbu Khan
Srinagar, May 11: Anantnag district in south Kashmir has the least recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in the Valley
Jammu and Kashmir has reported over 875 COVID-19 cases till date. At the same time, the recovery rate of coronavirus patients has been over 30 percent.
However, the Anantnag as per official figures has around 12 percent recovery rate so far, which is least among all districts of the Valley.
At least 121 patients have been admitted to three hospitals in Anantnag district. Eighty eight patients have been admitted to Trauma Hospital Bijbehara while rest have been admitted to GMC Anantnag and PHC Hakhora.
Till date only 13 patients have recovered in all these hospitals. Among them eight have been discharged from Trauma Hospital Bijbehara and five from GMC Anantnag.
Deputy CMO Anantnag Dr M Y Zagoo said two pregnant women were discharged from Trauma Hospital Bijbehara on Sunday. “These were earlier positive for COVID-19 and have now recovered fully,” he told KINS.
He said another girl has also recovered and was discharged today.
Medical Superintendent GMC Anantnag Dr Majeed Mehrab said five patients’ have recovered at the hospital so far.
“Three patients were discharged in the last two days while two more were discharged today,” Dr Majeed said.
At least seven areas have been declared as Red Zones in Anantnag district after the surge in coronavirus cases in the district.
There are over 5454 persons under surveillance in the district. While 443 and 150 are in home and administrative quarantine, respectively.
The Anantnag district has already been in news after death of three pregnant women in the last two weeks.
