Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): Three more people died due to the deadly Covid-19 virus in Jammu and Kashmir today, taking the total number of fatalities in the UT to 130, health officials said today.
The fresh victims of the virus include a 70-year-old man from Wantrag in Anantnag district of South Kashmir, a 60-year-old lady from Shadipora, Sumbal in Bandipora district and a 40-year-old male from Sangrama area in Baramulla.
Dr Farooq Jan, Medical Superintendent at SKIMS hospital, Soura said that the elderly man from Anantnag, who was admitted on July 3, died at the hospital after his condition deteriorated last evening.
“Sample of the patient was taken on July 3 which came positive on July 4,” he said. “The patient was suffering from bilateral pneumonia.”
He further said that the 60-year-old female from Shadipora Bandipora, who had tested positive for COVID-19, died at SKIMS hospital at 9:15 am today due to cardiopulmonary arrest.
“Patient was known case of hypertension, diabetes and other medical conditions,” he said.
Dr Saleem Tak, Medical Superintendent at Chest Diseases hospital said that the 40-year-old man from Sangrama, Baramulla who tested positive for Covid-19 and referred from SMHS to CD hospital on June 27, died at the hospital today.
“The patient was suffering from bilateral pneumonia and died today morning,” he said. With three fresh deaths, the death toll due to the pandemic in J&K has reached 130 that includes 116 from the Valley and 14 from the Jammu division.
Amid the surge in Covid-19 related deaths, Divisional Administration in Kashmir led by DC PK Pole has convened a meeting of experts and medicos to discuss the prevailing situation. Yesterday, in a review meeting chaired by the J&K Chief Secretary BVR Subramanyam, barring two districts of Kashmir– Bandipora and Ganderbal– entire Kashmir was declared as a red zone given the spurt of cases.
