Two elderly patients die of Covod-19 at CD hospital, toll reaches 157

SRINAGAR  JULY (PTK)Two elderly covid-19 patients from Anantnag and Srinagar districts respectively died at CD hospital , taking the number of people succumbing to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 157 in Jammu and Kashmir.

Officials said that an 80-year-old man from Kokernag area of the south Kashmir district died last night while the other, an 82-year-old man from Habba Kadal area of the Srinagar passed on Friday morning

Medical Superintendent of the hospital Dr Salim Tak said that the patient from Kokernag area was admitted on July 4 and had bilateral pneumonia. “He died last night.”

He said that patient from Habba kadal was admitted on July 7 and died on friday morning

“He was diabetic, hypertensive and had Community Acquired Pneumonia,” he added.

With two more deaths, the death toll of Covid-19 patients in J&K has reached to 157 including 142 from Kashmir and 15 from Jammu division.

Srinagar district with 38 deaths has the highest fatalities followed by Baramulla (31), Kulgam (18), Shopian (15), Anantnag (13), Budgam (11), Jammu (9), Kupwara (7), Pulwama (5), Bandipora (3), Doda (2) while one death each has been reported from Ganderbal, Poonch, Udhampur, Rajouri and Kathua.(PTK)