Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Nov 27: Three persons died of COVID in Kashmir today taking the death toll in Jammu and Kashmir to 1676 while 232 tested positive in the Valley.
One among the victims was a 65-year-old woman from Wangwas village in Nagam area of Budgam district taking the number of deaths in Budgam to 100. Another was a 65-year-old man from Umarabad in Srinagar and third a 71-year-old woman from Shangus in district Anantnag.
With these deaths, the total fatality count in the Valley has reached 1097.
Srinagar district with 416 deaths topped the list followed by Baramulla 161, Budgam 100, Pulwama 86, Kupwara 82, Anantnag 78, Bandipora 50, Kulgam 50, Ganderbal 37 and Shopian 37. In Kashmir, 232 tested positive in Valley.
Those who tested positive include 110 from Srinagar, 29 Baramulla, 27 Budgam, 15 Pulwama, 19 Kupwara, 5 Anantnag, 7 Bandipora, 21 Ganderbal, 3 Kulgam and 19 Shopian.
As per officials figures, 22,796 positive cases including 416 deaths and 21,141 recoveries are from Srinagar, 7,380 including 161 deaths and 6,831 recoveries are from Baramulla, 6,827 including 6,441 recoveries and 100 deaths are from Budgam, 5,057 including 4,815 recoveries and 86 deaths are from Pulwama, 5,162 including 82 deaths and 4,656 recoveries are from Kupwara, 4,527 including 4,326 recoveries and 78 deaths are from Anantnag, 4,383 cases including 4,197 and 50 deaths are from Bandipora, 4,163 including 3,924 recoveries and 37 deaths are from Ganderbal, 2,590 including 2,488 recoveries and 50 deaths are from Kulgam and 2,338 including 2,223 recoveries and 37 deaths are from Shopian.
The total number of positive cases in Kashmir division have reached to 65,223 including 61,042 recoveries and 1,097 deaths.
The total number of active cases in Jammu and Kashmir are 5,236 including 3,084 from Kashmir division.
With 596 more recoveries, the tally of total recoveries in Jammu and Kashmir has reached 101,959, which is 93.65 percent of the total cases.
So far 2,940,302 samples were tested in J&K. Of them, 2,831,431 tested negative and 108,871 positive. Among them, 5,236 persons are active, 101,959 persons have recovered and 1,676 persons died.
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