617 new COVID-19 infections, nine deaths in J&K

SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 617 new COVID-19 infections including 39 travelers and eight troopers in the last 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 1,00,968, officials said on Thursday.

226 of these cases were reported from Jammu Division and 391 from Kashmir Valley.

Giving the district-wise details, the officials said that Srinagar reported 153 cases, Baramulla 62, Budgam 43, Pulwama 18, Kupwara 22, Anantnag 34, Bandipora 29, Ganderbal 22, Kulgam 6, Shopian 2, Jammu 93, Rajouri 9, Udhampur 35, Doda 15, Kathua 16, Poonch 8, Samba 8, Kishtwar 22, Ramban 13 and Reasi 7.

A number of these cases were confirmed at SKIMS and CD Hospital’s diagnostic labouratories, they said.

Meanwhile, 511 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and were discharged from various hospitals—236 from Jammu Division and 275 from Kashmir Valley.

103-year-old woman becomes oldest to die from COVID-19

A 103-year-old woman has become the Jammu and Kashmir’s oldest coronavirus victim and was among nine persons to succumb to the pestilence in the last 24 hours in J&K, officials said on Thursday.

While six deaths were reported from Kashmir Valley, three others who succumbed to the infection were from Kashmir Valley, the officials said.

The elderly woman belonged to Zazbugh Budgam and died at SKIMS Soura last night, five days after she was admitted to the tertiary care hospital, they said.

Besides her, the other victims from Valley include two residents of Baramulla while one each belonged to Srinagar, Ganderbal and Kupwara districts respectively, they said.

Among others, the victims include a 56-year-old man from Machil Kupwara who died at SMHS Hospital, a week after he was admitted there.

The victim from Srinagar was an 80-year-old man from Lal Bazar Srinagar and died at Skims Soura, 12 days after he was admitted there.

A 70-year-old man from Boniyar Uri died six days after he was admitted with bilateral community acquired pneumonia while the victim from Ganderbal was a 75-year-old woman from Sonamarg Ganderbal who died three days after being admitted to the hospital.

Three deaths were reported from Jammu division and include two from the Winter capital of J&K and one from Kishtwar district.

With these deaths, the fatality count in Jammu & Kashmir has reached 1560.