SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir reported 11 more Covid19 related deaths since last evening, taking the overall toll to 3950, officials told local news gatherer GNS on Wednesday. Six of the deaths were reported from Kashmir and five from Jammu division.
SRINAGAR: Nine more patients who had tested positive for Coronavirus died in the last 24 hours, taking fatalities count in Jammu and Kashmir to 2,207.
An official told that nine patients who died include 75-year-old man from Badamwari, 76-year-old man from Zakura, 58-year-old woman from Balgarden, 60-year-old woman from Chanapora, 75-year-old woman from Nowshera, 56-year-old man from Baghat area of Srinagar district, 65-year-old from Kunzar, 70-year-old man from Baramulla and 82-year-old woman from Kishtwar.
An official said that 75-year-old man from Badamwari, 76-year-old man from Zakura Srinagar, 65-year-old from Kunzar, 70-year-old man from Baramulla died at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute Of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura and 60-year-old woman from Chanapora died at JVC Hospital Bemina.
SRINAGAR: Officials in Jammu and Kashmir said on Wednesday that 20 more covid-19-related deaths occurred overnight, bringing the total number of deaths from the virus to 2200, with more than 200 deaths this month alone.
They said seventeen deaths were reported from Kashmir and three from Jammu division, taking the fatality count to 2217 846 in Jammu and 1371 in the Valley. J-K has reported 219 deaths in April so far and include 109 from Jammu division and 110 from the Valley.
Regarding fresh fatalities, officials told GNS that an 82-year-old from Kishtawar, Asarabad who was admitted in a hospital on 24 April with bilateral CAP died last night.
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir reported 3023 covid-19 cases even as 30 more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, the highest ever toll reported in a single day so far, officials said on Wednesday.
266 samples collected from 5 bird flu affected Kashmir districts
266 samples collected from 5 bird flu affected Kashmir districts
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SRINAGAR, Feb 2: With five districts in Kashmir and two in Jammu reporting cases of Avian flu mostly in wild birds, the concerned department has so far lifted more than 260 samples mostly within the one km radius of the epicentre.
Officials told Excelsior that around 266 samples which are mostly targeted have been collected from five affected districts of Kashmir and the same have been sent for preliminary testing to Institute of Animal Health & Biological Products, Zakura Srinagar where from the suspected samples are further sent to Bhopal for confirmation.