Srinagar: The death toll due to the novel Coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir has risen to 73 after an elderly Srinagar resident succumbed to the disease at SKIMS, Soura.
The 79-year-old man hailing from Nowshera, Srinagar who had tested Covid-19 positive died on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday at infectious disease block of SKIMS Soura, Medical Superintendent of the hospital, Dr Farooq A Jan told Kashmir Reader.
Dr Jan said that the patient was admitted to the premier institute on June 8 with comorbidities including Hypertension, Type 2 Diabetes, Hypothyroidism and bilateral chest infiltrate.
He said the patient had history of travel to Saudi Arabia and contact with a COVID-19 positive patient as well.
The body of the deceased has been kept in hospital mortuary till the legal formalities and COVID-19 protocol is followed, the MS said.

Manzoor ul-Hassan