SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir reported third death due to covid-19 on Saturday as 70-year-old man’s swab sample returned positive for the virus, hours after his death at SMHS hospital here. His death has taken the overall fatality due to the virus in J&K to 39.
A resident of Handwara area of north Kashmir Kupwara district, the septuagenarian was brought to the hospital around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday and died within an hour after admission, Medical Superintendent SMHS hospital Dr Nazir Choudhary informed media.
“He had multiple problems and died of bilateral pneumonia,” he said.
The hospital authorities, sources said, had kept the body in mortuary and would be handed over as per covid-19 protocol, sources said.
Earlier in the day, a 70-year-old man from Shopian and another 62-year-old from Jammu succumbed to the virus.
