Srinagar, June 13 (KNB): The death toll deue to novel Coronavirus rose to 54 in Jammu and Kashmir after a 74-year-old retired doctor from Parraypora Srinagar died of covid-19 at SKIMS Bemina Saturday morning.
As per the reports, the patient was on treatment for Covid-19 from June 2 at the hospital and was intubated and on Ventilator.
The deceased, besides testing positive for the virus was also suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
As of now, Srinagar district with 13 deaths has the highest fatalities, followed by Baramulla ten, Kulgam eight, Anantnag six, three each in Shopian, Kupwara and Jammu, two each in Pulwama and Budgam while one death each has been reported from Bandipora, Doda, Udhampur and Rajouri.(KNB)