COVID-19: 65-Year-Old Patient From Shopian Dies At SMHS, Toll Reaches 95

A 65-year old patient from Sugan area of Shopian district who was admitted at SMHS on 18th June died on Monday morning, taking the total number of deaths to 95 in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Dr. Nazir Choudhary, Medical Superintendent at SMHS told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that a 65-year-old patient from the Shopian district was admitted at SMHS on 18th of June died today morning.

“He was admitted as a community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patient and was also suffering from hypertension, fever, cough and other ailments,” he said, adding that the patient was tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday morning.

With his death, deaths related to Covid-19 have reached to 95 in the UT including 84 from Kashmir division and 11 from Jammu division—(KNO)