National conference block president among five new COVID19 related deaths reported on Monday in Kashmir, taking fatalities count in UT’s of Jammu and Kashmir to 323.
Official told Asiannewshub, that five patients who died due to virus include 65-year-old from latar masjid Safakadal Srinagar, 65-year-old from Hanjoora village of Chadoora district Budgam, 60-year-old man from Hawal Srinagar, 60-year old man from Bemina Srinagar and 70-year-old man from Behipora village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district.
An official at SMHS hospital, said that a patient from Safakadal was admitted few days ago with hypertension and bilateral pneumonia.
The patient died on Sunday evening and tested positive for COVID19 posthumously.
Sources said that the patient was Block President of National Conference at Iddgha constituency.
An official at SKIMS said that a patient from Budgam was admitted on 21 July, died on Monday wee hours.
He added that a patient from hawal was admitted in the hospital on 18 July with various ailments, died in the intervening night of Sunday-Monday.
Regarding a patient from Bemina he said that the patient was admitted on 25 July, with community acquired pneumonia, died on Monday morning.
Besides a patient from Kulgam he said that patients was admitted on wee hours of Monday, sccumbed after arrival.
With five fresh deaths, the total count of fatalities related to COVID19 climbs to 323 which include 23 from Jammu division and 300 from Kashmir division. (ANH)
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