3,575 test +ve, 21 die in Valley
3,575 test +ve, 21 die in Valley
Fayaz Bukhari
Srinagar, May 7: For the second consecutive year, no congregational prayers were held at major shrines and Masjids across Kashmir including historic Jamia Masjid on the occasion of Jumat-ul- Vida, the last Friday of fasting month of Ramadhan even as positive cases and deaths due to COVID-19 continued to surge across the Valley.
In Kashmir 3,575 tested positive for the COVID-19 today while 21 died here taking the cases in J&K to 206,954 and death toll to 2612.
The shrines and major Masjids across the Valley remained closed in wake of the lockdown imposed by the Government in order to prevent the deadly virus from spreading. This is for the second year that no Jumat-ul- Vida prayers were held in Kashmir due to COVID-19.
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.