20 new COVID-19 cases emerged in AJK.

MIRPUR (AJK) -- Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Minister for Informational Technology and spokesperson Dr Mustafa Bashir Monday said with the appearance of 20 new cases of novel coronavirus during the last 24 hours in the AJK, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases had increased to 132 in the State.

On the same day, the blood samples of new 143 suspects were tested across the State, he added.

In a statement on the updated situation of pandemic in the AJK, the central spokesperson of the AJK government Dr Mustafa Bashir confirmed the registration of 20 new cases including 19 from Muzaffarabad and one from Mirpur.

He said a total of 4,090 suspected cases were sent for test, of whom the result of 4,028 had been received with 132 positive cases.

Out of total 132 coronavirus positive cases, 77 had been fully recovered and discharged from the different health facilities across the state by Monday, he added.

A total of 56 patients tested positive, were receiving treatment in various state-run health facilities/ isolation centers at present across the AJK, the spokesperson said.

It may be added that only one casualty of an elderly...