Srinagar, June 14(KNB): The death toll rose to 58 in Jammu and Kashmir after a 69-year-old man from Gandhi Nagar died at Government Medical College Jammu on Sunday.
As per the reports, an elderly man died today at a hospital in Jammu sixteen days after he tested positive for the virus.
The decised besides testing positive for the virus was also suffering from many other comorbidities like hypertention, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Ashthma.
With this the overall death tally in Jammu and Kashmir rose to 58, Srinagar district with 14 deaths has the highest fatalities followed by Baramulla 11, Kulgam eight, Anantnag six, five in Shopian, Jammu four, Kupwara three, two each in Pulwama and Budgam while one death each has been reported from Bandipora, Doda, Udhampur and Rajouri. (KNB)