5th COVID-19 death in JK in last 3 days
SRINAGAR: The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir witnessed 18th death due to COVID-19 after a 40-year-old positive patient from Anantnag district died at Sher Kashmir Institute of Medical (SKIMS) Soura on late Tuesday evening
With the fresh death, the total number of COVID deaths in J&K have reached 18, of which 16 are from Kashmir and two from Jammu region.
Official authorities at SKIMS confirmed to news agency —Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that a positive patient from Bijbehara area of Anantnag , who was COVID positive, died at SKIMS at around 11:30 pm on Tuesday.
They said that patient was shifted to SKIMS from SMHS with gastronomic and other problems.
In last 3 days J&K recorded 5 COVID deaths including three from South Kashmir that included two elderly men and a women with Cancer history, besides a 55-year-old patient from Rafiabad.