487 fresh cases, five deaths reported due to covid-19 in J&K

Srinagar, Nov 26:  487 new novel coronavirus cases reported in Jammu and Kahsmir in last 24 hours, taking the total tally 108306, officials said on Thursday.

The day also saw the five deaths due to the deadly virus.

Among the 487 fresh cases, the officials said, 232 were from Jammu division and 255 from Kashmir Valley.

Giving district wise details of the cases, the officials told GNS that Srinagar reported 110 cases, Baramulla 29, Budgam 27, Pulwama 15, Kupwara 19, Anantnag 5, Bandipora 7, Ganderbal 21, Kulgam 3,

Shopian 19, Jammu 111, Rajouri 5, Udhampur 28, Doda 19, Kathua 25, Poonch 1, Samba 12, Kishtwar 15, Ramban 7 and Reasi 9.

Meanwhile Jammu and Kashmir reported five more covid-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the fatality count to 1668, officials said on Thursday.

Among the fatalities, three were reported from Kashmir and two from the Jammu region.

The victims include a 55-year-old woman from Noorbagh Baramulla besides two persons from Srinagar—a 63-year-old man from Gojwara and a 90-year-old man from Chanapora.

Regarding deaths from Jammu division, they said, one of them was a 40-year-old woman from Bakool and a 72-year-old from Karan Nagar Jammu.

With these deaths, the total fatality count in the Valley has reached 1094 and 574 in the Jammu region.

Srinagar district with 415 deaths tops the list followed by Jammu (294), Baramulla (161), Budgam (99), Pulwama (86), Kupwara (82), Anantnag (77), Doda (53), Bandipora (50), Kulgam (50), Rajouri (49), Udhampur (46), Ganderbal (37), Shopian (37), Kathua (36), Samba (29), Poonch (22), Ramban (18), Kishtwar(16), and Reasi (9).