Srinagar/June,19 : Seven COVID-19 positive patients five from Kashmir valley and two from Jammu division died in just 24 hours taking the number of COVID-19 deaths to 71 in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
Hospital sources at SKIMS Soura said “A 65-year-old man from Feripora area of Shopian, in south Kashmir, died of cardiopulmonary arrest at around 4 am on Wednesday at SKIMS hospital Soura, the officials said.
One more COVID-19 death was reported at SMHS hospital Srinagar where,hospital sources said, a 70-year-old patient from Khanpora area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district died . Sources said “the patient was admitted to the hospital last Monday and his sample was found positive last Wednesday”. They said the patient was admitted to the hospital on Monday with complaints of fever and shortness of breath, and was diagnosed with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder.
Hospital sources at SMHS hospital Srinagar confirmed the third COVID -19 death as they said ” a 65-year old woman of Tengpora Batamaloo who was suffering with pneumonia passed away on Thursday morning at the valley’s top referral hospital ”.
Another COVID-19 death reported at SMHS hospital Srinagar was an eighty (80) year old resident of Srinagar’s Nawa Bazar area who, hospital sources said, was admitted on June 16 and died the next day in the late evening hours. “He was having Hypertension and bilateral pneumonia besides other underlying ailments,” the sources said.
A 70-year old of Wadwan Budgam admitted at SMHS Hospital passed away on Thursday . Confirming the death CMO Budgam Dr Tajamul Hussain said “the patient was suffering with pneumonia. His samples were taken for COVID19. He tested positive after his death,” said CMO Budgam Dr Tajamul Hussain.Two deaths reported from Jammu include a 65-year-old COVID-19 patient who died on Wednesday night at GMC Jammu. Hospital sources said “the patient had returned from New Delhi along with three family members, adding that “he was a resident of Bohri locality of Talab Tilloo area of Jammu city”. “The he family was under paid administrative quarantine at a hotel”, the sources said.
Yet another COVID-19 death was also reported from GMC Jammu where, hospital sources said, ” 68-year-old resident of Kote Garhi village of Akhnoor tehsil too died on Wednesday evening at the GMC Jammu”. “The patient had bilateral pneumonia, they added. With these seven the no of corona virus deaths has mounted to 71 in Jammu and Kashmir.
