Srinagar
In occupied Kashmir, two more persons, who had tested positive for Covid-19, died in the past two days raising the number of such deaths in the territory to 14.
A 75 year old Covid-19 patient from Hillar area of Kokernag in Islamabad district died at CD Hospital in Srinagar, today. Earlier, a 29-year-old woman from Habba Kadal area of Srinagar died of the coronavirus infection at the same hospital on Sunday.
With these two deaths, the number of coronavirus-related deaths in occupied Kashmir has risen to 14. Out of these deaths, 12 are from the Kashmir Valley and two from the Jammu region. The Srinagar district has reported 5 deaths, highest in any district, followed by Baramulla (3), Islamabad (2) while one each has been reported in Bandipora, Budgam, Udhampur, and Jammu districts.
The total number of coronavirus positive cases in occupied Kashmir till now stands at 1226 out of which 1035 are in the Kashmir Valley, 148 in Jammu region and 43 in Ladakh region.
In occupied Kashmir, the Jammu Kashmir People’s Movement has called for an immediate release of all political prisoners, lodged in different jails of India and the occupied territory.
APHC leader and JKPM Chairman Mir Shahid Saleem in a statement issued in Jammu said that at a time when COVID-19 was playing havoc around the world and prisoners were being released unconditionally to reduce the risk of being infected, India had kept thousands of Kashmiris imprisoned in jails.
He said a large number of Kashmiri detainees mostly youth are languishing in the jails despite the ravages of the virus. Among these prisoners, he added, are several old and ailing prisoners, who have been kept without proper medication and facility. He called upon the human rights bodies to play their role in securing the release of Kashmiri prisoners.—KMS
