Ex-DFO among 11 more fall victim to COVID-19 in J&K

SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 11 more COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the fatality count to 1245.

Five among those who succumbed to the virus were from Kashmir Valley including a 33-year-old woman from Chadoora Budgam and a 72-year-old former divisional forest officer who launched a political party after retirement.

The septuagenarian was a resident of Zakura Habak Srinagar and died at SKIMS Soura, 10 days after he was admitted to the tertiary care hospital.

A senior doctor at the hospital said that he was suffering from hypertension, type-2 diabetes mellitus and bilateral community acquired pneumonia (CAP). “He died due to cardiopulmonary arrest.”

Regarding the 33-year-old woman, official sources said she died at CD Hospital Srinagar where she was admitted on October 3.

Also, a 62-year-old man from Rajbagh Srinagar who died at SKIMS Soura, a week after he was admitted there with COPD, RF with bilateral CAP, they said.

A 55-year-old man from Reshipora Bandipora also died at a hospital here, 11 days after being admitted.

Meanwhile, the official sources said that six deaths were reported from Jammu region including three from the J&K’s Winter capital and one each from Rajouri, Udhampur and Doda districts.

Among others, the victims include an 80-year-old man from Durgan Nagar, a 70-year-old from Subash Nagar Jammu and a 76-year-old man from Makanpur Bishnah.

With these deaths, 1245 people have died due to virus and include 863 from Valley and 382 from Jammu.