SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory on Monday recorded one more death due to novel Coronavirus, thus taking the overall death toll due to the virus to 84.

Officials told news agency KNO that a 65-year-old man from South Kashmir’s Pulwama district has died due to COVID at SMHS.

Dr Nazir Choudhary, Medical Superintendent SMHS said that a 65-year-old man from Kakapora area of Pulwama district who was tested positive for COVID died at SMHS on Sunday night.

He was suffering from bilateral pneumonia, diabetes and hypertension, he said.

With his death, the death toll in J&K has reached to 84 including 74 from Kashmir division and 10 from Jammu division.

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