One more coronavirus patient dies in Srinagar, 5 docs test positive for Covid-19 3 hospital, no of +ive cases jumps to 1188,l death toll rises to 14

Srinagar/May,18: Five doctors tested positive for COVID-19 in three hospitals in Srinagar and one COVID-19 patient, aged 75 years died at chest diseases hospital Srinagar, official said in Srinagar Monday. While the total no of cases jumped to 1188 across Jammu & Kashmir,the death toll has risen to 14.
Taking to micro blogging social networking site twitter Dr Naveed Nazir Shah the head of chest medicine at the chest diseases hospital Srinagar wrote “5 doctors positive – 4 of them were treating a single positive patient. No one is immune to the infection. Please take precautions,” Dr Naveed Shah, head of chest medicine at CD hospital, said in a tweet.Dr Salim Khan, nodal officer Covid-19 at Government Medical College, Srinagar, said that three of the doctors are from the ENT department of SMHS, one from Government Dental College and one from SKIMS, Bemina.“The Covid positive deceased lady from Habba Kadal was treated by the doctor from the Dental College and also at ENT, SMHS hospital, Srinagar,” Khan said. Dr Khan said that the 75-year-old person who died on Monday was from Hiller Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag and was earlier admitted to SMHS hospital.“He tested positive and was shifted to CD hospital where his two latest reports also came positive for Covid-19. The patient died today morning at CD hospital,” he said.On Sunday, 62 people had tested positive for Covid-19 including 14 police personnel and a pregnant woman.
The patient was operated at SMHS by ENT surgeons for Ludwig’s Angina (submandibular abscess) and mediastinitis and had suffered septic shock.So far 21 health care workers including 13 doctors have been infected with Covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir since the first case was reported on March 9.The infections of frontline workers have triggered concern among the population.