Srinagar, Dec 14: Jammu and Kashmir reported 246 fresh novel coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 116254.

Among the cases, officials said that Srinagar reported 58 cases, Baramulla 9, Budgam 16, Kupwara 5, Pulwama 6, Anantnag 8, Bandipora 11, Ganderbal 6, Kulgam 1, Shopian 0, Jammu 87, Udhampur 7, Rajouri 3, Doda 0, Kathua 4, Kishtwar 7, Samba 4, Poonch 0, Ramban 9 and Reasi 5.

The death toll due to covid-19 crossed grim milestone of 1800-mark in Jammu and Kashmir as three more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday.

Two among those who succumbed to the virus were from Jammu division and one from Kashmir Valley—a 70-year-old from Guzarbal Ganderbal—, the officials told GNS.

Both the victims from Jammu division belonged to the J&K’s winter capital and one of them was from Burt Mandir Paryal, they said.
With these deaths, the total fatality count in J&K reached 1801—1152 in the Valley and 650 in the Jammu region.

Srinagar district with 433 deaths tops the list followed by Jammu (332), Baramulla (169), Budgam (105), Pulwama (88), Kupwara (88), Anantnag (82), Doda (58), Bandipora (57), Udhampur (53), Kulgam (52), Rajouri (53), Kathua (45), Ganderbal (41), Shopian (37), Samba (34), Poonch (22), Ramban (21), Kishtwar(21), and Reasi (11).