As many as twenty four people succumbed to coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, taking the number of fatalities due to virus in the Union Territory to 1088.

While fourteen more Covid-19 deaths were reported from Jammu division, the remaining ten were confirmed by the officials in Kashmir valley.

Among others, the deaths from Jammu division include a 78-year-old man from Samba, a 60-year-old woman from Nanak Nagar, a 62-year-old man from Satwari, a 66-year-old woman from Vijaypur, a 38-year-old from Khada Mana Samba, a 70-year-old from Gorkha Nagar, a 54-year-old from Jammu and a 30-year-old from Majalta Udhampur, a 22-year-old youth from Flora Nagbani in Jammu and 25-year-old from Sindra in Doda, a 38-year-old woman from Darhal and 64-year-old man from Jabba Nowshera.

According to officials, a 70-year-old woman from Bemina, a 65-year-old woman from Chanapora and a 72-year-old man from Nishat died at the Chest Diseases hospital here, one of the exclusive facilities for the management of the covid-19 patients.

Seven of the deaths were reported at SKIMS Soura and included a 46-year-old man from Batmaloo, a 60-year-old woman from Malabagh Srinagar, a 68-year-old man from Fateh Kadal, an 80-year-old from Noorpora, Tral, a 70-year-old man Tral, a 70-year-old from Tangmarg and a 60-year-old from Bandipora.

With these deaths, 1088 people have succumbed to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir—804 from Kashmir Valley and 284 in Jammu.