Three die of COVID-19, push death toll in J&K to 289

Three more deaths linked to COVID-19 were reported on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir, according to sources.

Official sources said that a 58-year-old man from Gandhi Nagar Jammu, admitted at the isolation ward of GMC Jammu on 22 July, died at 10:15 a.m. today.

The deceased was an Assistant Sub-Inspector of police,” said an official.

Meanwhile, a 75-year-old man from Saderbal Srinagar died at SKIMS Soura, three days after he was admitted to the hospital.

A senior doctor said that the deceased was having multiple problems and had tested positive after he was admitted to the hospital on July 21. “He died this morning,” the doctor said.

Also, a 65-year-old man from Maharaj Gunj Srinagar having “bilateral pneumonia” died at SMHS hospital. “He was admitted on July 22 and came out to be COVID-19 subsequently. He died this morning,” a senior doctor at SMHS hospital told local news agency

Earlier, a 65-year-old woman from the Malaknag area of Anantnag having underlying ailments such as “Rheumatoid arthritis, pneumonia, and hypertension” died due to COVID-19, two days after she was admitted to the Government Medical College Anantnag.

“She was COVID-19 positive and died early today,” a senior doctor at GMC Anantnag said. So far 268 deaths have been reported in Kashmir and 21 in Jammu division.