Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): Amid spurt in Covid-19 positive cases, Jammu and Kashmir today recorded two more deaths due to the deadly pandemic, taking the number of total deaths in the Union Territory to 38.
Health officials said that the two people aged 70 and 65 died of Covid infection in Srinagar and Jammu respectively.
Medical Superintendent, Chest Disease hospital, told NVI that a 70-year-old man from South Kashmir’s Shopian district was admitted to the hospital yesterday. “He breathed his last today. His samples were taken yesterday the result of which came as positive. The deceased had underlined ailments including chest congestion.”
The second person died in the Jammu region. A doctor at Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu, said that an elderly woman from Miran Sahib area of Jammu region was admitted in the hospital on May 24 with Covid related symptoms.
“She had already tested positive for the virus a few days back and was kept in an isolation ward. She had various ailments related to heart, lungs and bones. Today, morning her condition deteriorated following which she died,” the doctor said.
The two fresh Covid deaths have pushed the death toll in J&K to 38 of which five deaths were recorded in Jammu and 33 in Kashmir region. All the people who have died due to Covid-19 infection so far had various underlined ailments. The deaths have come close on the heels of spurt in the Covid positive cases which has surpassed 3,000 mark in the UT.
