Elderly man from Handwara dies of Covid-19 infection

Srinagar, June 8: An elderly man from North Kashmir’s Handwara town died of Covid-19 infection in Srinagar hospital.

The deceased was admitted in Chest Disease Hospital on 28 May and was suffering from multiple ailments.

With this death the tally of Covid-19 patients who have died in Jammu and Kashmir has reached 44, among which two are non-locals including a trooper and four deceased hail from Jammu region.

Earlier a trooper and a man from Khanyar Srinagar died in Srinagar hospital. Both had been tested positive for Covid-19 while the man from Srinagar, though tested positive, died due to head injury which he had sustained in road accident.

Head of Department, Chest Disease Hospital, Dr Salim Tak told news agency KNT that the patient who was hailing from Handwara died of co-morbidities. “He was 65 years old suffering from multiple ailments. After being tested positive for Covid-19 he had been admitted in the hospital,” he said. (KNT)