Covid-19 Claims Doctor, Four Others In J&K, Toll 1445

SRINAGAR: Five more people, including a young doctor succumbed to coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, taking the number of Covid-19 fatalities across the Union Territory to 1445.

Kashmir valley reported three more coronavirus deaths, while two more people succumbed to the deadly infection in the Jammu division, officials said. In Valley, two of the victims hailed from Baramulla while one was a resident of Srinagar.

Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) headed by Dr Suhail Naik said that one doctor, , Dr Rajat died of Covid-19.

“He was working as Post t Graduate (PG) scholar in Department of Radiology at Govt Medical College (GMC) ) Jammu.”

Dr Naik said: “Dr Rajat was s a front line Covid warrior who o contracted Covid 19 while on n duty and was admitted in Intensive Care Unit(ICU) of GMC Jammu as he could not maintain oxygen saturation due

to bilateral pneumonia but finally lost the battle of life early morning today”.

He said that Dr Rajat was a true martyr as he without caring for consequences of contracting the Covid 19 maintained the hippocratic oath and served his patients.

With these deaths, the fatality count has reached 964 in Valley and 481 in Jammu region.

Srinagar district with 346 deaths tops the list followed by Jammu (249), Baramulla (143), Budgam (92), Pulwama (80), Kupwara (71), Anantnag (74), Kulgam (46), Bandipora(45), Rajouri (46), Doda (45), Shopian (35), Ganderbal (32), Kathua (30), Udhampur (29), Samba (25), Poonch (23), Kishtwar(14), Ramban (13), and Reasi (7). (With GNS inputs)