Second Covid-19 death in Valley, 33 cases in J&K so far

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Sad start to the day. Unfortunate demise of a coronavirus patient in Srinagar this morning @diprjk @MoHFW_INDIA @HealthMedicalE1

— Rohit Kansal (@kansalrohit69) March 29, 2020

“We have received information from the Chest Disease Hospital in Srinagar that a person from our district, who was admitted there, has died today morning,” a senior officer in Baramulla told The Indian Express.

District Magistrate Baramulla G N Itoo confirmed the death of a person who had tested positive for COVID-19.

Health department sources said  the deceased, aged in 60’s, had come in contact with a couple who had returned from Saudi Arabia and are presently “asymptomatic”.

The number of cases in Jammu and Kashmir rose to 33 after 13 fresh cases were reported on Saturday.

Yesterday, nine persons had positive for the coronavirus in Kashmir while three fresh cases were reported in Jammu. Of the nine cases in Kashmir, four were contacts of a 65-year-old man, who passed away on Thursday.