4 die of COVID, toll 1517
Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, Nov 5: A Lt Governor’s Advisor was among 339 fresh positive cases which were reported from Kashmir today taking the J&K tally to 97,224 while four persons died due to COVID-19 increasing the death toll in Jammu and Kashmir to 1, 517.
LG’s Advisor, Frooq Khan and his cook at residence today tested positive and they have been asked to go for home quarantine. The other staff has also been asked to go for isolation.
The cases which tested positive in Kashmir include 155 from Srinagar, 38 Budgam, 54 Baramulla, 8 Pulwama, 26 Kupwara, 6 Anantnag, 9 Bandipora, 23 Ganderbal, 5 Kulgam and 15 from Shopian.
As per officials figures, 19,990 positive cases including 370 deaths and 18,286 recoveries are from Srinagar, 6,162 including 94 deaths and 5,792 recoveries are from Budgam, 6,333 including 4,962 recoveries and 147 deaths are from Baramulla, 4,732 including 4,470 recoveries and 83 deaths are from Pulwama, 4,576 including 73 deaths and 4,101 recoveries are from Kupwara, 4,274 including 4,024 recoveries and 75 deaths are from Anantnag, 4,102 cases including 3,884 and 46 deaths are from Bandipora, 3,646 including 3,389 recoveries and 34 deaths are from Ganderbal, 2,504 including 2,373 recoveries and 48 deaths are from Kulgam and 2,245 including 2,100 recoveries and 35 deaths are from Shopian.
Out of the total number of 58,564 positive cases in Kashmir division, 53,381 have recovered and 1,005 died.
The total number of active cases in Jammu and Kashmir are 5,802 including 4,178 from Kashmir division.
With 651 more recoveries, the tally of total recoveries in Jammu and Kashmir has reached 89,905 which is 92.47 percent of the total cases.
Out of 2,414,248 samples processed, 2,317,024 have tested negative and 97,224 positive. Among them, 5,802 are active, 89,905 persons have recovered and 1,517 persons died.
Four persons in Kashmir division died of COVID-19 today. They include three from Srinagar and one from Anantnag.
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