Kashmir: Retired doctor dies due to Covid-19, toll rises to 54
Srinagar/UNI: A 74-year-old retired doctor, a resident of Srinagar, died due to Covid-19 in a hospital here on Saturday morning, taking the death toll in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to 54.
With this, 18 people have lost their lives due to infection in nine days, and 39 people died in 25 days in J&K, where the Covid-19 positive cases have surpassed 4,600-mark.
Official sources said that a patient was admitted to S K Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Bemina on June 2 after testing positive for Covid-19.
"The patient was suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD),” they said, adding the retired doctor from Parraypora in Srinagar was on ventilator.
However, they said the condition of the patient deteriorated and he passed away this morning.
"The last rites of the deceased would be performed in accordance with MHA guidelines," they added.
Ten districts of Jammu have reported six fatalities while 48 people have lost their lives due to Covid-19 in ten districts of Kashmir.
With this fatality, the death toll has risen to 13 in Srinagar, which is the worst affected district in terms of causality due to the contagion in the UT.
Baramulla with 10 fatalities stands at number two, followed by Kulgam with eight deaths while five people have lost their lives due to infection in Anantnag.
A 62-year-old woman, a resident of Kulgam, had died due to Covid-19 in a hospital in this summer capital on Thursday.
On Friday, the border district of Rajouri recorded the first Covid-19 fatality with a 65-year-old man succumbing to the virus at Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu.
Five people -- including two 70-year-old men, 52-year-old auto-driver and 31-year-old man -- died due to Covid-19 on Tuesday in Kashmir.
On Monday, Kashmir valley recorded five deaths, including that of a CRPF jawan, due to the virus.
The deceased included the 40-year-old CRPF jawan from Uttar Pradesh, 55-year-old man from Pampore, 65-year-old man from Handwara, 35-year-old man from Srinagar and 70-year-old man from Baramulla.
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