COVID-19: Kashmir reports second single-day death, toll 15

SRINAGAR — Kashmir valley recorded second death and overall 15th death on Monday as a 65-year-old COVID-19 patient from Kulgam died at the CD Hospital here.

“A 65-year-old female from Kulgam, who was admitted in Surgical ICU in SMHS Hospital as a case of subdural haemorrhage (SDH), tested positive for COVID-19 today morning and was shifted to CD Hospital Srinagar where immediately after admission she had cardiac arrest and instantly died,” Dr Salim, concerned Nodal Officer said.

Earlier in the day, a 75-year-old man from Anantnag also died at the CD Hospital.

The deaths come a day after a 29-year-old woman with underlying ailments died at the CD Hospital here. She was the youngest victim of the dreaded disease in J&K so far.

With the latest fatality, 15 persons have died due to the disease so far in Jammu and Kashmir—13 of them in Kashmir and 02 in the Jammu division.

The Srinagar district has reported 5 of the deaths, highest in any district, followed by Baramulla (3), Anantnag (2) while one each has been reported in Bandipora, Budgam, Kulgam, Udhampur, and Jammu.