Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): Covid-19 has claimed four more lives in Jammu and Kashmir including a Naib Tehsildar in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of coronavirus deaths in the UT to 434 of which over 400 were reported from Kashmir region alone, health officials said.
Officials said that four patients who died today include a 55-year-old patient from Molu Chitragam, an 82-year-old man from Nowgam, Srinagar, an 80-year-old male from Malbagh, Srinagar and a 68-year-old woman from Handwara area of Kupwara.
An official said that a 55-year-old senior Revenue Officer from Molu Chitragam, Shopian district, who was presently posted as Naib Tehsildar in Wachi, Shopian died of the virus last evening.
Deputy Commissioner, Shopian and many other officers especially from the Revenue department have expressed grief over his demise.
“It’s with huge grief that we share the demise of our Naib Tehsildar, Wachi, Maqbool Wani Sb after he lost his battle against Covid y’day at SKIMS. He was a gentle, hardworking man & an asset for the Distt. May Allah SWT grant him Jannat. Aameen,” DC Shopian Dr Yasin Choudhary tweeted.
An official from SKIMS Soura said that an 82-year-old man from Nowgam, Srinagar who was admitted on 3 August died on Thursday.
He said that an 80-year-old man from Malbagh, Srinagar who was admitted on 5 August also died today.
Another official at SMHS said that a 68-year-old woman from Handwara who was admitted on 28 July with hypertension and bilateral Pneumonia, died today.
He said that her first COVID swab was positive while her second report is awaited.
With four deaths, the death toll in J&K has reached 434 including 403 from Kashmir division and only 31 from Jammu division.
-ARK
