Covid-19: Kashmir Reports Two Deaths, J&K Toll 26

One Among Them Declared Positive Posthumously, Another Died Of Cardiac Arrest One Among Them Declared Positive Posthumously, Another Died Of Cardiac Arrest

5 Dariya News

Srinagar 27-May-2020

Two more people have died due to novel coronavirus in Kashmir Valley, officials said on Wednesday. These fatalities take the death toll due to the disease in the Jammu and  Kashmir to 26—23 in Valley and 3 in Jammu.One among the victims includes a 70-year-old man from Sarnal Anantnag who died yesterday at GMC Anantnag and report came out  positive posthumously, sources told GNS. The other is a 55-year-old resident of Fateh Kadal Srinagar who had tested positive earlier this month and ultimately died of cardiac  arrest, they said. Principal GMC Anantnag, Dr Showkat Gellani, said that septuagenarian man from Sarnal with underlying ailments like pneumonia was admitted to the hospital on  May 25. “He died yesterday and his sample was taken while in hospital which came out to be positive today,” he added.  he said that body was detained at mortuary and would  be handed over as per the Covid-19 protocol. Meanwhile, Dr. Salim Khan, nodal officer for COVID-19 at the Government Medical College Srinagar, told GNS a 55-years-old man,  a resident of Fateh Kadal Srinagar who was shifted to CD Hospital Srinagar from Surgical ICU SMHS on May 18 died of cardiac arrest. 

 “He was shifted to CD hospital as operated case of Exploratory laprotomy with Appendicectomy after testing COVID Positive,” he said, adding, “ the Patient was kept intubated in  SICU SMHS Hospital and then extubated, kept on NIV and then was shifted to CD Hospital. At CD Hospital, patient was improving and was hemodynamically stable. The Patient  was maintaining saturation without oxygen.”However, he said, at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the patient developed sudden cardiac arrest. “He was immediately intubated, coupled to  ventilator and resuscitated. He developed another cardiac arrest but after that he could not be revived,” Dr Salim Khan added.With these fatalities, the death toll due to the virus  upto 26 in J&K. So far Srinagar district has highest number of the fatalities—7 followed by Anantnag (5), Baramulla and Kulgam with four deaths while Budgam and Jammu have  two each and one death each has been reported from Bandipora and Udhampur. (GNS)