Kulgam woman dies due to covid-19, JK toll rises to 79
Srinagar, June 20: The death toll due to covid-19 rose to 79 in Jammu and Kashmir as the swap sample report of an 80-year-old woman, who passed away at a hospital here, returned positive for the novel coronavirus on Saturday.
Dr Nazir Choudhary, Medical Superintendent SMHS hospital, said that the woman had underlying ailments related to chest and kidney.
CMO Kulgam Dr Fazil Kochak told that the woman’s body was taken forcibly by attendants soon after her death at SMHS Hospital Srinagar earlier today.
A resident of Khudwani, the elderly woman was admitted to the hospital on June 18 and her swab sample was taken on the same day.
So far, as per the official data, 79 people have succumbed to the virus in J&K—nine from Jammu and 69 from the Valley.
Srinagar district with 19 deaths has the highest fatalities followed by Baramulla 13, Shopian (10), Kulgam (9), Jammu (6), five each in Anantnag, Kupwara and Budgam, Pulwama (three) while one death each has been reported from Bandipora, Doda, Udhampur and Rajouri. (GNS)
