The Coronavirus cases continue to rise unabated with 18 more persons, including 12 from Kashmir and six from Jammu, testing positive on Monday, taking the total number of infected people to 879 in the Union Territory of J&K.
Meanwhile, an elderly man died on Monday due to Coronavirus in Kashmir valley, taking the death toll in Jammu and Kashmir to 10. The death of the elderly man comes just days after his son became the youngest victim of the infection in J&K.
An official on Monday said that 18 more people tested positive for Coronavirus in Kashmir division while six new cases were reported from Jammu. “Kulgam recorded the highest number of 11 new COVID-19 cases followed by Jammu and Kathua with 3 cases each,” he said, adding Baramulla recorded one new case.
With 18 new cases, he said the total number of infected persons in J&K has risen to 879. “Out of these, 802 are in Kashmir and 77 are in Jammu,” he said.
He said the total active positive cases in the UT stand at 442, including 421 from Kashmir and 21 from Jammu.
He said 44 COVID-19 patients from Kashmir were discharged on Monday after being treated successfully. “As many as 427 positive patients were treated and discharged successfully so far,” he said.
As many as 178 new people, including 174 from Kashmir and four from Jammu, tested for the virus between 27 April and May 3. An alarming number of 168 people were tested positive for the infection April 20 to April 26. As many as 118 people, including 111 from Kashmir and seven from Jammu, were tested positive for COVID-19 between April 13 and April 19. Meanwhile, 138 people, mostly from Kashmir, were tested positive for COVID-19 in J&K between April 6 and April 12. Thirty-three new positive cases, including 28 from Kashmir and three from Jammu, were reported on April 4 and April 5, making it one of the highest jumps in the COVID-19 infected persons in J&K.
The death toll due to the infection has surged to nine with a 34-year-old COVID-19 positive patient dying in a hospital on Thursday in the valley. J&K recorded first death due to COVID-19 on March 25, when a 65-year-old man from Hyderpora died due to the infection at Chest Disease Hospital. Then, on March 29, a 50-year-old man, a resident of Tangmarg, passed away at CD hospital.
Earlier last month, a 54-year-old Bandipora resident, who was tested positive for the infection, died at SMHS hospital. Later on April 8, a 61-year-old woman from Udhampur died at Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu. A 70-year-old patient died on April 17 due to Coronavirus in Kashmir valley. An elderly man, a resident of Baramulla, on April 18 died due to Coronavirus in Kashmir valley. A pregnant woman, who died at a hospital in Anantnag on Saturday, tested positive on April 26. An 80-year-old woman died in a hospital in Srinagar on April 28 due to the infection.