Seven persons, including a CRPF jawan, five patients from Kashmir and one from Jammu, died due to COVID-19, taking the death toll due to the infection in the Union Territory of J&K to 195, official sources said on Tuesday.
With these deaths, 159 people have lost their lives due to infection in 40 days, and 179 people in 54 day in J&K, where the COVID-19 positive cases have surpassed 10,800-mark.
Official sources said a 60-year-old man, a resident of Tangmarg in Baramulla, was admitted to S K Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) on Monday for bilateral Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP), Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). “The patient, who tested positive for COVID-19, died on Tuesday,” they said.
They said a 35-year-old jawan of 66th battalion of CRPF died at SHMS hospital on Monday. “The test result of the patient, who was suffering from pneumonia and high fever, came positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday,” they said.
This is the second death of a CRPF jawan due to COVID-19 in less than 24 hours and third so far in the valley. The CRPF jawan was cremated in Srinagar on Tuesday, they said.
They said that a 65-year-old woman, a resident of Shopian, was admitted to S K Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Bemina, on July 10 for pneumonia. “The patient, who was tested positive for COVID-19, died at the hospital on Tuesday,” they said.
They said that an Agriculture department employee, a resident of Talab Tillo in Jammu, was admitted to Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu after he tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. “The patient, who was suffering from bilateral Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP), Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and was on ventilator, died on Tuesday morning,” they said.
Another patient, a 60-year-old man, a resident of Nadihal in Baramulla, was admitted to S K Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) last week for bilateral Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP), Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), besides hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes. “The patient, who had tested positive for COVID-19, died at the hospital in the wee hours on Tuesday,” they added.
They said test result of two women in their 60s from Kulgam and Anantnag came positive for COVID-19, four days after their death at Government Medical College, Anantnag.
Four people, including a CRPF jawan, a 65-year-old man from Srinagar, a 55-year-old woman from Pulwama and a 46-year-old man from Sopore died due to COVID-19 on Monday. Meanwhile the test result of three persons — a 78-year-old man from Budgam, a 55-year-old man from Pulwama and a 70-year-old man from Kupwara – who had died during the last couple of days came out to be positive for COVID-19.
Ten districts of Jammu have reported 18 fatalities while 177 people have lost their lived due to COVID-19 in ten districts of Kashmir.
With these fatalities, the death toll due to COVID-19 has risen 37 in Baramulla, which stands at number two. Srinagar is the worst affected district in J&K in terms of causalities with 46 deaths due to COVID-19. Ganderbal district recorded fourth death due to COVID-19 on July 12.
The number of deaths stands at 22 in Kulgam while 15 people each have lost their lives to the disease in Anantnag and Budgam. Shopian with 17 deaths is at number four. Eleven people have lost their lives in Kupwara, seven in Pulwama and three in Bandipora.
As many as 48 patients — including 10 persons from Baramulla, 12 from Srinagar, six from Kulgam, three from Anantnag, Kupwara and Budgam, Jammu region, two each from Shopian and Ganderbal, one patient each from Pulwama, Bandipora and a BSF jawan — died due to COVID-19 last week.
As many as 41 people — including nine from Srinagar, 10 from Baramulla, five each from Anantnag, three from Kulgam, Budgam and Shopian, two each from Kupwara and Bandipora, one each from Jammu and Ganderbal — died due to COVID-19 between June 29 and July 5.