Suspected black fungus case reported Excelsior Correspondent Srinagar May 23: Kashmir today reported 17 deaths due to COVID-19 infection and 2187 tested
SRINAGAR: At least 31 more people succumbed to the covid-19 since last evening in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the fatality count to 2489, officials said on wednesday.
SRINAGAR: As Covid-19 cases see an exponential rise in J&K, five more patients including two young women were among at least twenty-two persons who succumbed to the covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir since overnight, officials said on Friday.
Biggest single-day spike of 3,532 COVID-19 cases in J&K; 30 more die
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JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday recorded its biggest single-day spike of 3,532 COVID-19 cases, raising its tally to 1,76,079, officials said.
The union territory also recorded the highest fatality toll at 30 in a 24-hour-period. The death toll has now mounted to 2,283.
Of the fresh cases on Friday, 1,172 were recorded from the Jammu division and 2,360 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, the officials said.
They said Srinagar district recorded the highest of 932 cases, followed by 495 in Jammu district and 316 in Baramulla district.
The number of active cases has reached 28,359 in the union territory, while 1,45,441 patients have recovered so far, the officials said.