Srinagar, Mar 27: Two children – an eight-month-old and another seven-year-old have tested positive for coronavirus in Kashmir, an official said.

Both are siblings and grandchildren of a 65-year-old man, having a travel history to Saudi Arabia, who tested positive for COVID-19 and died in hospital on Thursday.

This is the first coronavirus death in Kashmir.

“Two more positive cases in Srinagar. Siblings (7 years old and 8 months old)- grandchildren of a confirmed case from Srinagar with travel history to Saudi Arabia who had tested positive on 24th. Total number of active positive cases now 11,” government spokesperson Rohit Kansal tweeted.