Baramulla man dies of Covid-19, JK toll touches 238
Srinagar, July 19: Jammu and Kashmir reported two more deaths attributed to covid-19, taking the fatality count due to the virus to 238 in J&K.
Official sources said that a 84-year-old man from Baramulla died due to Covid-19 infection at SKIMS today.
He was admitted to SKIMS Soura on July 16 as a case of “bilateral CAP (community acquired pneumonia) in ward 3A.” “The patient expired at 11:15 p.m.,” a senior doctor at SKIMS said.
Earlier a man hailing from Rajouri also died at a Jammu hospital on Sunday morning.
With these deaths, 219 people in Kashmir and 19 in Jammu have died so far due to the covid-19.
Srinagar district with 59 deaths has the highest fatalities followed by Baramulla (49), Kulgam (24), 18 each in Shopian, Anantnag and Budgam, Kupwara (13), 11 each in Jammu and Pulwama , Bandipora (5), Ganderbal (4), two each in Rajouri and Doda and one each in Poonch, Udhampur, and Kathua. (GNS)
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