Former Minister and Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party leader Zulfkar Choudhary and his wife, who was a candidate of the Apni Party for District Development Council (DDC) elections in one of the constituencies in Budhal in Rajouri district, tested positive for Coronavirus.
Former Minister and Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party leader Zulfkar Choudhary and his wife, who was a candidate of the Apni Party for District Development Council (DDC) elections in one of the constituencies in Budhal in Rajouri district, tested positive for Coronavirus.
Five persons died of COVID-19 in the Jammu region.
Twelve persons reported positive for the pathogen in RS Pura and two in Bishnah in Jammu district.
Of five fatalities, three were reported in Jammu district and one each in Reasi and Rajouri districts.
An 85-year-old man from Kanak Mandi and a 70-year-old from Nanak Nagar, who were co-morbid and positive for Coronavirus, died in the Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu while a 70-year-old man from Jourian succumbed to multiple ailments and virus in Narayana Hospital Katra.
A 49-year-old man from Mahore in Reasi district died of ailments and pathogen in PGI Chandigarh while 82-year-old man from village Kalideh in Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district breathed his last at Community Health Centre (CHC) Sunderbani because of co-morbidities and COVID-19.
Five more casualties have taken the Jammu region’s Corona toll to 665, the highest being 339 in Jammu district, 60 Doda, 54 each Udhampur and Rajouri, 47 Kathua, 34 Samba, 22 Poonch, 21 each Kishtwar and Ramban and 13 in Reasi district.
Among 152 persons, who tested positive for COVID-19 in the Jammu region, 98 belonged to Jammu district, 12 Kathua, 10 Udhampur, nine Rajouri, eight Doda, six Ramban, five Samba, and two each in Kishtwar and Reasi districts. Poonch district didn’t report any Corona case today.
Of 216 persons, who recovered from the virus, 82 were from Jammu district followed by 45 Udhampur, 26 Kishtwar, 21 each Doda and Ramban, 11 Rajouri, and 10 in Kathua district. No recoveries were reported from Samba, Poonch, and Reasi districts.
Jammu region now has 48093 Corona cases. Of them, 1991 are active positives while 45437 have recovered from the virus.
Meanwhile, the Union Territory of Ladakh today reported five new Coronavirus cases including four in Leh district and one in Kargil taking the total number of cases to 9243. Of them, only 498 are active positives as 8622 have recovered. There have been 123 casualties in Ladakh including 80 in Leh and 43 in Kargil.
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