Agriculture officer dies of COVID-19 in Jammu; J&K toll 190

A 47-year-old agriculture officer from Talab Tillo died at Government Medical College Jammu on Tuesday, two days after he tested positive for COVID-19. Principal GMC Jammu, Dr. Nasib Chand Digra told a local news agency that the man was admitted to the hospital on July 12 and was put on a ventilator last night. “He died (at 7: 40 a.m.) today,” he said. Another senior doctor from GMC said that the deceased was suffering from bilateral community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), and hypertension.
“He had high-grade fever and cough. He remained on oxygen since the time of admission,” the doctor told a local news agency.

The deceased was posted at the Directorate of Agriculture Talab Tilli Jammu, according to the sources.

With this, the death count due to novel coronavirus in J&K has reached 190.

Earlier a 60-year-old COVID-19 patient from Baramulla district died at a hospital here on Tuesday, A resident of Nadihal area of the north Kashmir district, the sexagenarian died at SKIMS Soura, nine days after he was admitted to the tertiary care hospital