Srinagar, May 20: The Jammu and Kashmir witnessed 18th COVID-19 death on Wednesday after a 40-year-old positive patient from Anantnag district died at Sher Kashmir Institute of Medical (SKIMS) Soura on late Tuesday night.
With the fresh death, the total number of COVID deaths in J&K have reached 18, of which 16 are from Kashmir and two from Jammu region.
SKIMS officials said that a positive patient from Bijbehara area of Anantnag , who was COVID positive, died at SKIMS at around 11:30 pm on Tuesday.
They said that patient was shifted to SKIMS from SMHS with gastronomic and other problems. (KNO)
