COVID-19 positive patient dies in Kashmir
Friday - April 17, 2020 2:27 pm ,
Category : HEALTH
Srinagar, April 17 (IANS) A 70-year-old COVID-19 patient died at JVC SKIMS Hospital on Friday taking the toll of corona deaths in J&K to five, officials said.Medical superintendent JVC SKIIMS hospital Dr Shafa Deva told IANS that the patient was admitted to the hospital on April 2."He was COVID-19 positive and had several other underlying health conditions like hypertension and pneumonia," she said.The death toll due to COVID-19 has now risen to five in J&K. Four among those belong to the Kashmir valley and one is from the Jammu region.314 COVID-19 cases have been reported in J&K till Thursday including 54 from the Jammu region and 260 from the Kashmir valley.
--IANS zi/rs/
--IANS zi/rs/
