A woman hailing from Srinagar was the latest victim of Covid-19 as the death toll in Jammu and Kashmir touches 86.
“The woman was diabetic, hypertensive and had bilateral pneumonia. She was shifted from SMHS last evening and died within sometime in ICU of CD hospital,” Dr Salim Tak, Medical Superintendent CD hospital, one of the exclusive facilities for the management of the covid-19 patients in Valley, said.
So far, 86 people have succumbed to the virus in J&K—ten from Jammu and 76 from the Valley.
Srinagar district with 20 deaths has the highest fatalities followed by Baramulla 13, ten each in Shopian and Kulgam (10), Jammu (7), six each in Budgam and Anantnag, Kupwara (5), Pulwama (four) while one death each has been reported from Bandipora, Doda, Udhampur and Rajouri. (GNS)
