Srinagar, July 06: A 56-year-old man from central Kashmir’s Budgam district who had tested positive for COVID-19 and was also suffering from multiple underlying ailments died early this morning at SKIMS Soura.
The man’s death has thus taken the overall COVID-19 toll in J&K to 134.
The man was suffering from Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Disease and Community Acquired Pneumonia besides being COVID-19 positive, hospital
Medical Superintendent SKIMS Dr Jan said that the patient was on dialysis and expired at 4 am this morning.
His death has taken the fatality count due to the disease to 120 in Kashmir while 14 people have died in Jammu.