A 65-year-old man from Handwara area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district died of Covid-19 on Monday, taking the death toll due to the pandemic to 44 in Jammu and Kashmir.
Dr Saleem Tak, Medical Superintendent at CD hospital confirmed to news agency KNO that a Covid-19 positive patient died at the facility on Monday afternoon.
“He (deceased) was 65-years-old and hailed from Hadnwara area of Kupwara,” he said. “The patient was very sick and had many underlying issues.”
Earlier in the day, a resident of Khanyar Srinagar and a CRPF trooper died of Covid-19.
The death toll due to Covid-19 positive patients in Jammu and Kashmir has reached 44 which includes 39 from Kashmir division( including a non-local tailor and a CRPF man) and five from Jammu division.