COVID19: J&K reports one more death, toll 31

1 min read
Covid

Srinagar: The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 31 in Jammu and Kashmir as third death was reported due to the coronavirus in J&K on Monday.

Dr Mir Mushtaq, Deputy Medical Superintendent, District Hospital Pulwama said that 70-year-old-man was brought dead to the hospital this morning. “His swab sample was taken which came out to be positive now,” he said.

The body was kept in hospital mortuary and would be handed over to the family as per COVID19 protocol.“The man had comorbidities like COPD,” he said.

Earlier, a 72-year-old man with comorbities from Doda and a 45-year-old man from Shopian died at SKIMS Soura.

With these fatalities, the death toll due to the virus in J&K has gone up to 31. So far Srinagar district has the highest number of fatalities—7 followed by Anantnag and Baramulla with five deaths each, Kulgam has reported four, three from Shopian, Budgam and Jammu have two each and one death each has been reported from Bandipora, Doda and Udhampur. (GNS)

Discover more from The Kashmir Monitor

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading

Don't Miss

2022 5largeimg 551805690

Will announce election schedule for J&K at appropriate time: ECI

Srinagar: The Election Commissioner of India Rajiv Kumar on Monday said that
LG

Conflict was a business in Kashmir,will make peace permanent: LG Sinha

Srinagar  : Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday said that