Added on June 2, 2020
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Covid-19: Young man from north Kashmir tests positive after death
Srinagar, June 2: A young man who died at a local hospital here has tested positive for Covid-19, doctors said.
Medical Superintendent, SMHS, Dr. Nazir Choudhary said that a 29-year-old man from Warnav Lalob who died at the hospital on Monday tested positive on Tuesday.
He said that patient was suffering from B/L cap with fever and his swab samples were taken after his death. “The body was kept in GMC Srinagar mortuary and the sample taken from him tested positive on Tuesday,” he said.
With the fresh deaths, the death toll due to COVID-19 has mounted to 33 in Jammu and Kashmir including 29 from Kashmir and four from Jammu division. (KNO)