SRINAGAR: As Covid-19 cases continue to be on the rise Jammu and Kashmir, 36 more people succumbed to the virus in J&K since last evening, bringing the total number of people killed by the virus to 2598.
Nineteen of the new fatalities, they said, occurred at GMC Jammu, with the rest being treated in various hospitals in the Kashmir Valley.
Among others, the victims include a 61-year-old man from Dalgate Srinagar who died 12 days after he was admitted to SMHS hospital.
A 78-year-old man from Rambail Pora, Anantnag, died at CD hospital, four days after he was admitted to one of the exclusive facilities for the management of the covid-19 patients in the Valley.