SRINAGAR: The toll due to COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir crossed the 100-mark on Tuesday as six more patients succumbed to the disease, while the union territory’s tally rose to 7,497 after 260 fresh cases were detected, officials said.
Five of these deaths were reported from Kashmir and one from Jammu, they said.
“Six persons, who were COVID-19 positive, have died over the past 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir,” the officials said.
This has taken the death toll due to coronavirus in the union territory to 101. Of these deaths, 89 were from Kashmir and 12 from Jammu, they said. (AGENCIES)
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