Coronavirus: J-K reports two more deaths, toll rises to 58

Tribune News Service
Jammu/Srinagar

Two more people succumbed to coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the Union Territory’s death toll to 58.

A 69-year-old man from Gandhi Nagar, who was admitted to the isolation ward of GMC, Jammu, on May 31, passed away on Sunday. The man had comorbidities like hypertention, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and ashthma. He had severe sepsis and died around midnight (1:30 a.m). The latest death has taken Jammu district’s COVID toll to four.

A 60-year-old man from Nowgam locality of Srinagar, who was admitted as an asymptomatic COVID-19 patient at SKIMS, Bemina on June 5, died on Saturday night. The man suffered from diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney disease.

He was shifted to an ICU and died even after resuscitation, said SKIMS Bemina Medical Superintendent Dr Shafa Deva.

So far, 51 from Kashmir Valley and seven from Jammu division have succumbed to COVID.  

During the last 24 hours, three staffers of GMC are among the 38 people who have tested positive in Jammu province.

Deaths in J&K

Srinagar            14

Baramulla          11

Kulagam            08

Anantnag           05

Shopian             05

Jammu              04

Kupwara            03

Pulwama            02

Budgam             02

Bandipora          01

Udhampur          01

Doda                  01

Rajouri                01

Total                  58