COVID-19: Baramulla man dies at SKIMS, J&K toll reaches 17

Tasaduq Hussain

Srinagar, May 19: A day after Jammu and Kashmir recorded three COVID-19 deaths in a single day, a 55-year-old positive patient with Cancer history, died at Sher Kashmir Institute of Medical (SKIMS) Soura on Tuesday morning.

With the fresh death, the total number of Covid deaths in J&K have reached 17, of which 15 are from Kashmir and two from Jammu region.

Medical Superintendent SKIMS Soura Dr Farooq Jan told KNO that a 55‐year-old, man from Rafiabad, who was Covid positive, died of a cardiac arrest. He said the patient was admitted to hospital for some time now.

Yesterday, J&K recorded three COVID-19 deaths all from South Kashmir that included two elderly man and a woman with Cancer history.

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