Srinagar, May 07:At least seventeen patients, who were tested positive for COVID-19, died in the Kashmir division since last night, taking the total fatalities to count in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to 2,579.

An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the patients who died include a 68-year-old man from Mallabagh, 65-year-old and a 60-year-old man from Ellahi-Bagh, 80-year-old man from Safapora Ganderbal, a 60-year-old man from Dalgate, 78-year-old from Anantnag, 80-year-old man from Dalgate, a 60-year-old man from Nowpora, a 55-year-old woman from Boniyar, a 68-year-old man from Makhdoom Sahib Hawal, a 70-year-old man from Babhara Pulwama, an 80-year-old woman from Pinglish Tral, 80-year-old from Pulwama, a 75-year-old man from Sumbal Bandipora, a 70-year-old man from Nai Basti Anantnag and two from Anantnag district.

An official said that 68-year-old from Malla Bagh, a 65-year-old man and a 60-year-old man from Ellahi-Bagh, 80-year-old man from Safapora, 55 women from Boniyar, and a 68-year-old man from Makhdoom Sahib Hawal dies at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute Of Medical Sciences Soura days after testing positive for COVID-19.

He added that a 60-year-old man from Dalgate died at SMHS Hospital, whereas, a 78-year-old man from Rambail Pora Anantnag died at CD Hospital Dalgate last night.

The 80-year-old man from Dalgate and a 60-year-old man from Nowpora died at JLNM Hospital Rainawari during the intervening night of Thursday-Friday.

He further added that a 70-year-old man from Babhara, an 80-year-old woman from Tral, and an 80-year-old from Pulwama died at DH Pulwama and an old aged man from Sumbal died at DH Bandipora, whereas, three deaths were reported at GMC Anantnag since last night.

With seventeen fresh COVID-19 related fatalities, the total count of deaths in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir mounted to 2,579, including 1,068 from the Jammu division and 1,511 in the Kashmir division—(KNO)