IB Insp, Naib Tehsildar, 22-yr-old girl among 28 more COVID deaths in Jammu
3 women die, 245 infected in Ladakh
Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, May 5: Jammu and Kashmir today recorded highest-ever 52 COVID casualties and 4716 positive cases in a day even as 2338 patients recovered from the virus. Jammu region continued to account for more fatalities than Kashmir reporting 28 deaths and 1518 cases. Six districts in the region reported fresh positives in three digits indicating spread of the virus in semi-urban and rural belts.
Among 28 COVID casualties in Jammu region, 13 were women including a young girl, an Intelligence Bureau (IB) Inspector, a Naib Tehsildar, a woman carrying eight-month pregnancy, one mentally-deranged female and a man from Chhattisgarh. Seventeen deaths were reported in Jammu district, five Samba, two each Poonch and Rajouri and one each in Kathua and Kishtwar districts.