An elderly man, who died in a hospital in the summer capital, Srinagar on Saturday, tested positive for COVID-19, taking to total death toll due to the infection in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to 12.
Official sources said that an elderly Budgam resident, in his 70s, was admitted to S K Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) on Friday after he complained of uneasiness and chest pain. “The sample of the man, a resident of Chadoora, was taken soon after he was admitted in the institute,” they said.
They said the elderly patient died on Saturday in the hospital. “Hours after his death, the test result of the patient came positive for COVID-19,” they said.
An elderly man had died on Wednesday in Jammu due to COVID-19. Earlier this week, an elderly man died on Monday due to Coronavirus in Kashmir valley. The death of the elderly man came just days after his son became the youngest victim of the infection in J&K.
J&K recorded first death due to COVID-19 on March 25, when a 65-year-old man from Hyderpora died due to the infection at Chest Disease Hospital. Then, on March 29, a 50-year-old man, a resident of Tangmarg, passed away at CD hospital.
Earlier last month, a 54-year-old Bandipora resident, who was tested positive for the infection, died at SMHS hospital. Later on April 8, a 61-year-old woman from Udhampur died at Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu. A 70-year-old patient died on April 17 due to Coronavirus in Kashmir valley. An elderly man, a resident of Baramulla, on April 18 died due to Coronavirus in Kashmir valley. A pregnant woman, who died at a hospital in Anantnag on Saturday, tested positive on April 26. An 80-year-old woman died in a hospital in Srinagar on April 28 due to the infection.