Jahangeer Ganaie
Srinagar, July 3: Kashmir on Friday recorded four more COVID-19 deaths, taking the number of people who have died due to the deadly virus in J&K to 121.
The four persons who died today include 80-year-old from Chattabal, 70-year-old from Sopore, a 70-year-old man from North Kashmir’s Baramulla district and an 80-year-old man from Rajbagh, Srinagar. Since Wednesday, Covid has claimed 13 lives in J&K that include one from Jammu and 12 from Kashmir. All the deceased were in the age group of 60 to 80.
About the Chattabal Covid-19 victim, Dr Saleem Tak, Medical Superintendent Chest Diseases hospital told KNO that 80-year-old male from Chattabal who was referred to CD hospital from SMHS on June 29, breathed his last this evening.
“He was Covid positive and had underlying medical conditions that include hypertension, bilateral pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,” Dr Saleem said. Chattabal man became the fourth Covid causality in a day.
Dr Saleem said that a 70-year-old man from Sopore area of Baramulla district, who was admitted on June 29 died this evening. “He had tested positive for the Covid-19. He was suffering from bilateral pneumonia and other ailments,” the MS CD hospital said.
As for the fourth death, Dr Saleem said that a 70-year-old man from Baramulla, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and was referred from SMHS on Thursday, died at CD hospital this afternoon.
The patient was very critical and was on ventilator, he said, adding that the patient was suffering from Hypertension, Diabetes, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and other ailments.
Earlier, a patient from Rajbagh, Srinagar, Dr Nazir Choudhary, Medical Superintendent at SMHS told KNO that an 80-year-old man from Rajbagh, Srinagar who was admitted on July 2 died on Friday afternoon. He said that patient was suffering from pneumonia and heart ailments. With four fresh deaths in J&K today, the total number of lives claimed by Covid in UT have reached to 121 of which 14 are from Jammu region and 107 are from Kashmir.
