Woman From Rainawari Area In Srinagar Dies, J&K Covid-19 Toll Reaches 8

Jammu & Kashmir recorded its eighth death due to COVID-19 after a woman from Srinagar city's Rainawari area died in a hospital.

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Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir recorded its eighth death due to Covid-19 after a woman from Srinagar city's Rainawari area died in a hospital. The dead woman, a septuagenarian, was also having many underlying ailments. The woman had tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Monday. Confirming it, Medical Superintendent Chest Disease hospital Dalgate Dr. Saleem Tak said that the elderly woman was suffering from various ailments. “She was diabetic, hypertensive, and had other comorbidities,” he said. With the woman’s death, the number of fatalities due to the virus has gone up to 8—seven in Kashmir and one in Jammu. Meanwhile, fifteen more people tested positive for the coronavirus in Kashmir, taking the number of Covid-19 patients in J&K to 561. Officials said that among them, 10 were confirmed at Viral Diagnostic Lab of SKIMS Soura and include five from Baramulla, four from Shopian and one from Kupwara. Five other cases were confirmed at the Covid-19 testing laboratory at Chest Disease hospital Dalgate and include four from Anantnag district and one Pulwama. Watch: Experts: Saying Plasma Therapy is effective is premature | Samvidhan Ki Shapath