COVID-19 : 55-year-old man from Baramull dies at SKIMS, tally jumps to 17 in J&K

Srinagar, May 19: A day after Jammu and Kashmir recorded three Covid deaths in a single day, a 55-year-old COVID-19 positive with Cancer history, died at Sher Kashmir Institute of Medical (SKIMS) Soura on Tuesday morning.

With the fresh death, the total number of Covid deaths in J&K have reached 17, of which 15 are from  Kashmir and two from Jammu region.

Medical Superintendent SKIMS Soura Dr Farooq Jan told News Agency The News Now(TNN), that a 55‐year-old, COVID-19 positive patient from  Rafiabad, who was Covid positive, died of a cardiac arrest. He said the patient was admitted to hospital for some time now.

Yesterday, J&K recorded three Covid deaths all from South Kashmir that included two elderly men and a women with Cancer history.