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At least eleven more people succumbed to coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, taking the number of Covid-19 fatalities in the Union Territory to 1354.

While Jammu division reported six more Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday, five others became victims of the deadly infection in the Kashmir Valley.

Regarding the deaths from Jammu, they said, three among the victims belonged to the winter capital of the J&K, two from Udhampur and one from Rajouri.

Four among the victims from the Valley were Srinagar residents while another hailed from Shopian district of south Kashmir, officials said.

They said that a 65-year-old woman who was diagnosed with bilateral Community Acquired Pneumonia died six days after being admitted to the hospital.

A 65-year-old man from Safa Kadal Srinagar died 11 days after he was admitted to SKIMS Soura , officials said. Also, they said two more men—a 70-year-old and a 73-year-old from Lal Bazar died at the tertiary care hospital.

Regarding the 70-year-old man, they said, he was admitted on October 10 while the 73-year-old was admitted on October 8.

With these deaths, the fatality count has reached 911 in Valley and 443 in Jammu.

Srinagar district with 325 deaths tops the list followed by Jammu (230), Baramulla (132), Budgam (90), Pulwama (75), Kupwara (71), Anantnag (70), Kulgam (43), Bandipora(42), Rajouri (45), Doda (40), Shopian (33), Ganderbal (30), Kathua (29), Udhampur (25), Samba (24), Poonch (22), Ramban (11), Kishtwar(11) and Reasi (6).

Publish Time: 15 October 2020
TP News

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