JAMMU : A 69-year-old coronavirus positive man died at a hospital here on Sunday, taking the death toll to seven in the Jammu region and to 56 in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
The man, a resident of Gandhi Nagar locality in Jammu city, was admitted to the Government Medical College (GMC) hospital in a serious condition on May 29 and underwent COVID-19 test and came out positive, the officials said.
They said he was suffering from other ailments including Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), severe sepsis, asthma and acute respiratory distress syndrome. The patient died in the early hours of Sunday.
The body was cremated as per the set protocol, the officials said.
The Jammu region had recorded 1,135 coronavirus cases till Saturday evening, of which six people — three in Jammu district and one each in Udhampur, Doda and Rajouri — died, while 388 others have recovered from the infection.
The Kashmir valley recorded 3,743 cases and 49 deaths, as of Saturday evening. Srinagar leads the list of deaths of COVID-19 patients with 13 fatalities, followed by 10 in Baramulla, eight in Kulgam, five each in Anantnag and Shopian, three in Kupwara, two each in Budgam and Pulwama and one in Bandipora district.
Out of total cases in Kashmir, 1881 have recovered from the infection and there are 1,813 active cases. (AGENCIES)
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