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Fayaz Bukhari
Srinagar, Sept 9: Kashmir reported eight more COVID-19 deaths today while 723 tested positive taking the number of such cases in J&K beyond 47, 000.
Among those who succumbed include two each from Srinagar and Baramulla besides one each from Budgam, Anantnag, Bandipora and Kupwara.
A 77-year-old woman from Noorbagh Baramulla, died at SKIMS Soura Hospital here, day after she was admitted and diagnosed with HTN and severe COVID pneumonia with type 1 respiratory failure with encephalopathy.
A 55-year-old woman from Barzulla, already battling a life-threatening disease and also diagnosed with bilateral Community Acquired Pneumonia died after remaining admitted to the hospital here for over a month.
A resident of Bonagam Handwara, admitted on August 29 with bilateral CAP, and a woman from Tragam Shadipora Sumbal, admitted on September 5 with bilateral CAP, died at SMHS Hospital today.
Also, a 65-year-old woman from Khanyar Srinagar who was diagnosed with Bilateral CAP and T2DM after her admission on September 5 also died at SMHS Hospital.
A 70-year-old man from Russu village of Budgam died at SKIMS Bemina today. He was admitted on August 24.
With these deaths, 835 people have succumbed to COVID in Jammu and Kashmir so far. Among them 712 were from the Valley while 123 others from Jammu division.
Srinagar district with 244 deaths topped the list followed by Baramulla 109, Budgam 67, Pulwama 60, Anantnag 53, Kupwara 56, Kulgam 40, Shopian 29, Bandipora 26 and Ganderbal 25.
Kashmir today reported spike in COVID-19 cases with 723 testing positive taking the number of such cases in J&K beyond 47, 000.
Among those who tested positive today 260 are from Srinagar, 85 Baramulla, 37 Pulwama, 69 Budgam, 69 Anantnag, 75 Bandipora, 51 Kupwara, 16 Kulgam, 23 Shopian and 38 from Ganderbal in Kashmir.
Officials said that 10,764 positive cases including 244 deaths and 8,994 recoveries are from Srinagar, 3,199 including 109 deaths and 2,387 recoveries are from Baramulla, 2,967 including 2,459 recoveries and 60 deaths are from Pulwama, 3,088 including 2,183 recoveries and 66 deaths are from Budgam, 2,713 including 53 deaths and 2,021 recoveries are from Anantnag, 2,502 including 1,845 recoveries and 27 deaths are from Bandipora, 2,524 cases including 1,702 and 56 deaths are from Kupwara, 2,026 including 1,875 recoveries and 40 deaths are from Kulgam, 1,795 including 1,656 recoveries and 29 deaths are from Shopian and 1,867 including 1,383 recoveries and 25 deaths are from Ganderbal.
The officials said that total number of active cases in Jammu and Kashmir are 12,839 including 6,231 from Kashmir division and 6,608 from Jammu.
With 620 more recoveries, the tally of total recoveries in Jammu and Kashmir has reached 33,871 which is 71.24 percent of the total cases which was over 78 percent few days back.
Out of 1,131,076 the number of samples tested, 1,083,534 are negative while 47,542 are positive, among them 12,839 are active and 33,871 persons have recovered.
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