A 72-year-old patient from north Kashmir's Baramulla district died on Saturday at a Srinagar hospital, taking the number of deaths due to novel coronavirus to six in Jammu and Kashmir. Medical Superintendent at JVC Hospital, Dr Shifa Deva said the patient from Qaziabad, Tangmarg in Baramulla, who was tested positive for COVID-19 died in the morning. “The patient was admitted in the hospital on April 13,” she said, adding that the patient was suffering from hypertension and other illnesses. With his death, the number of casualties due the coronavirus has reached six in Jammu and Kashmir.  In the state, the first death due to the coronavirus was reported on March 26, second on March 29, third on April 7, fourth on April 8 and fifth on April 17.

A 72-year-old patient from north Kashmir's Baramulla district died on Saturday at a Srinagar hospital, taking the number of deaths due to novel coronavirus to six in Jammu and Kashmir. Medical Superintendent at JVC Hospital, Dr Shifa Deva said the patient from Qaziabad, Tangmarg in Baramulla, who was tested positive for COVID-19 died in the morning. “The patient was admitted in the hospital on April 13,” she said, adding that the patient was suffering from hypertension and other illnesses. With his death, the number of casualties due the coronavirus has reached six in Jammu and Kashmir.  In the state, the first death due to the coronavirus was reported on March 26, second on March 29, third on April 7, fourth on April 8 and fifth on April 17.