J&K reports fresh 182 coronavirus cases

Samaan Lateef

Tribune News Service

Srinagar June 5

As many as 182 have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir while a woman succumbed to the virus on Friday. Total cases in the UT now stand at 3,342.

A 55-year-old woman from Batamaloo died at Srinagar’s Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital on Thursday evening within an hour of her admission.

So far, 36 people have died of COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir; 31 in Kashmir and four in Jammu.

“In UT of J&K, 182 new positive cases have been reported since our last update on Thursday, which includes 74 from Jammu and 108 from Kashmir. Also, one COVID-19 death has been reported from Kashmir,” read the media bulletin on COVID-19.

Also, 38 COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged from various hospitals of J&K.

Majority of COVID-19 cases have been reported from Kashmir — 2515 —and Jammu has reported 809.

Srinagar district has reported nine COVID-19 deaths, the highest in any district in J&K, followed by seven in Baramulla, five in Anantnag, four in Kulgam, three in Shopian, two each in Jammu and Budgam, and one each in Udhampur, Kupwara and Bandipora.

The official bulletin revealed that of the 182 positive cases, 42 were reported from Shopian, Udhampur 26, Srinagar 22, Kupwara 13, Jammu 12, Kathua and Ramban 11 each, Budgam 9, Baramulla 7, Anantnag 6, Doda 5, four each from Bandipora and two each from Samba, Kulgam, Pulwama, Poonch and Rajouri, and one each from Reasi and Ganderbal.

Jammu and Kashmir, on Thursday, reported the highest single-day COVID-19 cases — 285.