Earlier, a senior doctor was among three persons who lost battle to the virus. Officials said that the 45-year-old doctor who was admitted at SKIMS Soura for sometime died at around 6:15 a.m. A resident of Konibal Pampore, the doctor’s demise has been widely mourned and some of his colleagues who spoke to GNS described his death as a great loss to the society.
Srinagar district with 150 deaths tops the list followed by Baramulla (82), Budgam (35), Anantnag (32), Kulgam (30), Pulwama (30), Kupwara (27), Shopian (24), Jammu (23), Bandipora (18), Ganderbal (7), two each in Rajouri, Doda and Udhampur besides one each in Ramban, Samba, Poonch, and Kathua.