Jammu and Kashmir records 40% COVID deaths in September

Jammu and Kashmir registered 40% of the overall Covid-related fatalities in September, the highest so far.
Though deaths have gone down in Kashmir, there has been a corresponding spike in Jammu division.
The UT had logged 326 deaths in August and 478 deaths in September.
The death toll was more severe in Jammu than Kashmir in September. Of the 342 deaths reported in Jammu division since March, 80% ( 276) were recorded in September alone.
“From 12,000 daily tests, we doubled our testing to 25,000 tests. We are also testing people in rural areas,” National Health Mission director and UT Covid mitigation in-charge Bhupinder Kumar said, adding that the increase in number of deaths could be attributed to the increase in daily infections.

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