Srinagar, April 17 : A 70-year-old COVID-19 patient died at JVC SKIMS Hospital on Friday taking the toll of corona deaths in J (and) K to five, officials said.
Medical superintendent JVC SKIIMS hospital Dr Shafa Deva told IANS that the patient was admitted to the hospital on April 2.
"He was COVID-19 positive and had several other underlying health conditions like hypertension and pneumonia," she said.
The death toll due to COVID-19 has now risen to five in J (and) K.
Four among those belong to the Kashmir valley and one is from the Jammu region.
314 COVID-19 cases have been reported in J (and) K till Thursday including 54 from the Jammu region and 260 from the Kashmir valley.
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Source: IANS