COVID-19 claims five more lives in J&K, toll 1531

SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported five more COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the fatality count to 1531.

Among those who succumbed to the virus include four residents of Kashmir Valley and one from Jammu division.

Two among those who succumbed to the virus were from Baramulla and one among them was a 56-year-old woman who died at SKIMS Soura, two days after she was admitted to the tertiary care hospital, officials said. The other victims include one resident each from Srinagar, Budgam and Jammu district, they said.

With these deaths, the fatality count has reached 1531 in J&K—1015 in Valley and 516 in the Jammu region.

Srinagar district with 374 deaths tops the list followed by Jammu (266), Baramulla (148), Budgam (94), Pulwama (83), Kupwara (73), Anantnag (76), Rajouri (48), Kulgam (48), Bandipora (47), Doda (48), Shopian (35), Ganderbal (35), Udhampur (32), Kathua (33), Samba (25), Poonch (23), Ramban (18), Kishtwar (15), and Reasi (8).