The death toll due to COVID-19 has mounted to 75 in the Union Territory of J&K on Friday with three more persons, including a 15-day-old infant, a 79-year-old man from Srinagar and 80-year-old man from Baramulla, dying due to the disease in the valley.
With these deaths, 39 people have lost their lives due to infection in 15 days, and 60 people in 31 day in J&K, where the COVID-19 positive cases have surpassed 5500-mark. As many as eight people — including six from Kashmir and two from Jammu — died due to COVID-19 on Wednesday and Thursday.
Official sources on Friday said that a new born baby from Srinagar was admitted to Infectious Disease Block of S K Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) on Wednesday after his COVID-19 test came positive. “The infant was suffering from Congestive Cardiac Failure (a group of symptoms and problems caused by a weakened heart muscle) and aortic stenosis,” they said.
They said the infant died in the morning at the hospital, making him the youngest COVID-19 victim in J&K.
They said an 80-year-old man, a resident of Sopore in Baramulla, was admitted to S K Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) on Wednesday for Community-Acquired Pneumonia and cardiac failure with underlying hypertension, type 2 diabetes. “The patient was tested for COVID-19 which came out positive on Thursday,” they said.
They said conditions of the patient deteriorated and he died at the hospital on Friday morning.
They said another patient, a resident of Nowshera in Srinagar, was admitted to SKIMS after he tested positive for COVID-19 on June 8 following his return from Saudi Arabia. “The patient died in the hospital late on Thursday night,” they added.
With these fatalities, the death toll has risen to 18 in Srinagar, which is the worst affected district in terms of causalities due to the disease in the UT. The toll has risen to 13 in Baramulla. Shopian stands at number three with nine deaths, followed by Kulgam with eight fatalities. Five people each have lost their lives due to the infection in Budgam, Anantnag and Kupwara.
Ten districts of Jammu have reported nine fatalities while 66 people have lost their lived due to COVID-19 in ten districts of Kashmir.
Four people from Kashmir valley died due to COVID-19 in the first two days of this week. Earlier on June 14, two persons, including an 85-year-old man from Kashmir and a 69-year-old man from Jammu, died due to COVID-19.
On June 12, border district of Rajouri recorded the first COVID-19 fatality with 65-year-old man dying due to the infection at Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu. A 62-year-old woman, a resident of Kulgam, died due to COVID-19 in a hospital in this summer capital on June 11.
Five people — including two 70-year-old men, 52-year-old auto-driver and 31-year-old man — died due to COVID-19 on June 9 in Kashmir. On June 8, Kashmir valley recorded five deaths, including that of a CRPF jawan, due to COVID-19. The deceased included the 40-year-old CRPF jawan from Uttar Pradesh, 55-year-old man from Pampore, 65-year-old man from Handwara, 35-year-old man from Srinagar and 70-year-old man from Baramulla.
A non-local tailor, a resident of Kolkata, was tested positive for COVID-19 on June 7, hours after he died in a local hospital in Srinagar. Three people, including three persons from Kashmir and 62-year-old woman from Jammu, died due to COVID-19 on June 6.
A 65-year-old woman from Srinagar, who died at a hospital in this summer capital on Thursday evening, tested positive for COVID-19 on June 5. A 60-year-old man from Srinagar died due to COVID-19 at a hospital in this summer capital on June 4. An 86-year-old man from north Kashmir district of Baramulla tested positive for COVID-19, five days after he passed away in a health centre in the valley on June 3. Five persons, including four from Kashmir and one from Jammu, died due to COVID-19 in the UT on June 1.