With 4 Deaths In 24 Hrs, Jammu & Kashmir's Covid-19 Toll Reaches 40; Cases Mount To 3,467

So far, Srinagar district with ten deaths due to the virus has the highest fatalities, followed by Baramulla seven, Anantnag five, Kulgam four, three each in Shopian.

Srinagar district with ten deaths due to the virus has the highest fatalities. (File Photo/ Getty)

Srinagar: Four more Covid-19 deaths were reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, taking the total number of fatalities due to the virus in the J&K to 40. While three deaths took place in the Kashmir Valley, one was recorded in Jammu region. A 70-year-old patient from Baghat Barzaulla died at JLNM hospital Rainawari on Saturday morning. A total of 143 more Coronavirus cases were reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, taking total such patients to 3,467.

“The patient was admitted four days before and had tested positive two days ago,” medical superintendent of the hospital, Dr Roshan Din Kasana said. “He had comorbidities,” he added. Earlier, swab samples of a 70-year-old man from north Kashmir’s Kupwara district returned positive for the virus, hours after his death. A resident of Handwara area of the north Kashmir district, the septuagenarian was brought to the hospital around 2:30 to 3 a.m. on Saturday and died within an hour after admission, Medical Superintendent SMHS hospital Dr Nazir Choudhary confirmed. “He had multiple problems and died of bilateral pneumonia,” he said. The hospital authorities had kept the body in mortuary and later handed it over to the family as per covid-19 protocol, sources said. Prior to him, a 70-year-old man from Shopian and another 62-years-old from Jammu succumbed to the virus. Medical superintendent CD hospital Dr. Saleem Tak told  that a 72-year-old man from Shopian was shifted to CD hospital yesterday. “He had underlying symptoms and died today,” he said. Meanwhile, a 62-year-old woman from Jammu died at GMC Jammu. Dr. Kirti Bhushan, deputy medical superintendent GMC Jammu, said that the elderly woman from Miran Sahib Jammu was admitted on 24 May and tested positive subsequently. “She was suffering from heart and orthopedic problems," he added. With the latest fatalities, the death toll due to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir has gone up to 40. So far, Srinagar district with ten deaths due to the virus has the highest fatalities, followed by Baramulla seven, Anantnag five, Kulgam four, three each in Shopian and Jammu, two each in Budgam  and Kupwara while one death each has been reported from Bandipora, Doda and Udhampur.