Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): An elderly woman and a 27-year-old man tested Covid-19 positive today, a day after their death in two separate hospitals of Kashmir, health officials said.
With the two deaths, the number of Covid-19 fatalities in the UT has reached 33, of which 29 were from Kashmir and four in Jammu.
The elderly woman from north Kashmir’s Baramulla district and the young man from Lolab area of Kupwara district had breathed their last at Government Medical College (GMC), Baramulla, and SMHS hospital, Srinagar respectively.
“The swab samples of the deceased were taken immediately after their deaths. Both the deceased tested positive for the deadly virus today,” a doctor said.
Principal, Government Medical College (GMC), Baramulla, Dr. Abdul Hamid said that an elderly woman aged around 80, a resident of north Kashmir’s Baramulla was brought dead to GMC yesterday.
“The swab sample of the deceased woman was taken. The sample came positive today,” he said, adding that her body was kept in the mortuary of the hospital. “The elderly woman was having many underlying problems as well.”
Her body, Dr Hamid said, is being handed over to family as per Covid protocols.
Medical Superintendent, SMHS hospital Srinagar, Dr Nazir Choudhary said that the man from Warnav Lalob in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, who died at the hospital yesterday, was tested positive today.
He said that patient was suffering from fever and his swab samples were taken after his death. “The body was kept in GMC Srinagar mortuary and the sample taken from him was tested positive on Tuesday,” he said.
With the fresh deaths, the death toll due to COVID-19 has mounted to 33 in Jammu and Kashmir- 29 from Kashmir and 4 from Jammu.
