Srinagar-The Kashmir Valley recorded the second fatality due to the novel coronavirus as a 62-year-old man hailing from Tangmarg area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district died on Sunday wee hours.
A senior government officer said that the man died at Chest Disease hospital at around 4:00 am.
A doctor said that the man was referred from SMHS hospital and had tested positive only yesterday.
“He was put on a ventilator yesterday evening. The patient was suffering from liver ailment,” the doctor said.
“Sad start to the day. Unfortunate demise of a coronavirus patient in Srinagar this morning,” Govt Spokesperson Rohit Kansal Tweeted.
A police officer at Tangmarg also confirmed the man’s death and said that police has been ordered to make necessary arrangements.
Health department sources said the deceased had come in contact with a couple who had returned from Saudi Arabia and are presently “asymptomatic”.
With his death, the number of fatalities due to COVID-19 has gone up to two in Kashmir Valley.
On Thursday last, a 65-year-old from Hyderpora died of the disease, making it the first case of death due to Coronavirus.
As many as 13 persons tested positive for the deadly virus on Saturday, taking the total number of cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 33.
This was the highest number of positive cases reported in the UT on a single day.
There are 29 active cases in the union territory while two patients died and two have recovered.
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