COVID-19 claims 24 more lives, J&K toll 1088

SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 24 new COVID-19 related deaths, taking the fatality count to 1088.

Official sources said that among the victims, 14 were from Jammu division and 10 were from Kashmir Valley.

They said a 70-year-old woman from Bemina Srinagar, a 65-year-old woman from Chanapora and a 72-year-old man from Nishat Srinagar died at CD Hospital, one of the exclusive facilities for the management of COVID-19 patients.

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

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.

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