COVID-19 claims five more lives, J&K toll 1133

SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported five more COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the fatality count to 1133.

Among the victims, they said, three were residents of Jammu and two from Kashmir Valley.

Those who died in Jammu include a 60-year-old man from jewel Jammu who died at Government Medical College Hospital Jammu, two days after he was admitted there.

The other victims include an 85-year-old from Talab Tillo Jammu who died at the same hospital at 10:20 PM last night and a 40-year-old woman from Kullion R S Pura.

Regarding deaths from Valley, they said one of them was a 55-year-old resident of Dalgate and an 84-year-old from Rajouri Kadal Srinagar.

Regarding the man from Dalgate, they said, he was admitted to SKIMS Soura on September 24 and died at around 1 AM today.

“He was diagnosed with severe Pneumonia with respiratory failure with T2DM, CKD and Encephalopathy,” a doctor at SKIMS Soura said. “He had cardiopulmonary arrest.”

Regarding the octogenarian man, the doctor said he was admitted on September 17 and died at 2 AM on September 27. “He was also diagnosed with severe pneumonia with respiratory failure with T2DM, CKD.”