Covid-19: Three deaths, 246 fresh cases reported in JK
Srinagar: The death toll due to covid-19 crossed grim milestone of 1800 in Jammu and Kashmir as three more people succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday.
Two among those who succumbed to the virus were from Jammu division and one from Kashmir Valley—a 70-year-old from Guzarbal Ganderbal, an official said.
Both the victims from Jammu division belonged to the J&K’s winter capital and one of them was from Burt Mandir Paryal, they said.
With these deaths, the total fatality count in J&K reached 1801—1152 in the Valley and 650 in the Jammu region.
Srinagar district with 433 deaths tops the list followed by Jammu (332), Baramulla (169), Budgam (105), Pulwama (88), Kupwara (88), Anantnag (82), Doda (58), Bandipora (57), Udhampur (53), Kulgam (52), Rajouri (53), Kathua (45), Ganderbal (41), Shopian (37), Samba (34), Poonch (22), Ramban (21), Kishtwar(21), and Reasi (11).
Meanwhile, 246 fresh novel coronavirus cases were reported during the last 24 hours taking the total number of cases to 116254.
Among the cases, Srinagar reported 58 cases, Baramulla 9, Budgam 16, Kupwara 5, Pulwama 6, Anantnag 8, Bandipora 11, Ganderbal 6, Kulgam 1, Shopian 0, Jammu 87, Udhampur 7, Rajouri 3, Doda 0, Kathua 4, Kishtwar 7, Samba 4, Poonch 0, Ramban 9 and Reasi 5.
