Srinagar: Three coronavirus-related fatalities were reported from Kashmir on Saturday, pushing the death toll to 94 in the Union Territory of J&K, officials said.
They said that a 70-year-old man from Mishipora died at CD hospital, one of the exclusive facilities for the covid-19 patients in Kashmir Valley.
A 45-year-old woman Batengoo Khanabal area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district passed away at SKIMS hospital on Saturday, they said.
The woman was admitted to the hospital on Thursday with hypertension and other ailments.
She tested positive for the virus on Friday and was then shifted to COVID block of the hospital, the officials said.
On Friday night, a 70-year-old woman from Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district died at SMHS hospital here, they said.
According to the officials, she was admitted to the hospital on Thursday and was suffering from COPD and pneumonia.
Her sample was taken on Friday and it returned as positive after her death, they said.
With these two fatalities, the death toll in the UT due to COVID-19 has reached 94.
Meanwhile, as many as 204 more people, including 33 BSF and CRPF personnel, tested positive for coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, taking the total infections in the Union territory to 6,966, officials said.
They said 191 of the fresh cases were recorded in the Kashmir Valley, while 13 were in Jammu region. Thirty-two of them had recently returned to the Union territory.
The patients include 31 CRPF and two BSF personnel, the officials said.
Baramulla district in north Kashmir recorded the highest number of cases at 52, followed by Srinagar 49.
Kathua, Poonch, Doda and Reasi districts had no fresh cases.
With the new infections, the total number of COVID-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir has reached 6,966.
“Of these, 5,457 are in Kashmir, while 1,509 are in the Jammu region,” the officials said.
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir stands at 2,648 and fatalities at 94. A total of 4,225 patients have recovered, the officials said.
“272041 travelers and persons in contact with suspected cases have been enlisted for surveillance which included 39403 persons in home quarantine including facilities operated by government, 31 in Hospital Quarantine, 2648 in hospital isolation and 47422 under home surveillance. Besides, 182444 persons have completed their surveillance period,” officials said.
