Srinagar, Apr 26: Nine more COVID-19 patients died on Monday in Kashmir, taking the total number of Coronavirus deaths in Jammu and Kashmir to 2,156.
An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that nine persons who died include 70-year-old male from Mehjoor Nagar, 50-year-old woman from Qamarwari, 59-year-old male from Braen area of district Srinagar, 75-year-old man from D.H pora district Kulgam, 32-year-old man from Shopian, 45-year-old male from Muslim peer PD Sopore, 80-year-old man from Pampore area of Pulwama district, 75-year-old from Tangmarg and 85-year-old from Safapora area of Bandipora district.
The official said that 85-year-old man from Safapora area of Bandipora district was admitted in the hospital on 21 April with Bilateral Pneumonia died at SKIMS Soura on Monday morning.
He added that 70-year-old male from Mehjoor Nagar, 50-year-old woman from Qamarwari, 59-year-old male from Braen area of district Srinagar, 75-year-old man from D.H pora district Kulgam, 32-year-old man from Shopian, 45-year-old male from Muslim peer PD Sopore, 80-year-old man from Pampore area of Pulwama district, 75-year-old from Tangmarg died at SMHS Hospital Srinagar.
With nine more deaths, the fatalities due to Covid-19 in UT of J&K mounted to 2,156 including 1,342 in Kashmir division and 814 in Jammu division—(KNO)
