Srinagar, Dec 17: A 38-year-old man was among nine more persons who succumbed to the covid-19 in the last 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the fatality count to 1826, officials said on Thursday.
Of the victims, five were from the Jammu division and four from Kashmir valley, the officials told GNS.
Among others the victims include a 65-year-old man from wonder Kangan Ganderbal, a 38-year-oldman from Zaloora Sopore Baramulla, a 56-year-old woman from Safakadal Srinagar and a 68-year-old man from Soura Srinagar, an 85-year-old man from K Mandi Jammu.
With these deaths, the total fatality count in J&K reached 1826—1161 in the Valley and 665 in the Jammu region.
Srinagar district with 439 deaths tops the list followed by Jammu (339), Baramulla (170), Budgam (105), Pulwama (88), Kupwara (88), Anantnag (82), Doda (60), Bandipora (57), Udhampur (54), Kulgam (53), Rajouri (54), Kathua (47), Ganderbal (42), Shopian (37), Samba (34), Poonch (22), Ramban (21), Kishtwar(21), and Reasi (13).