A teenager covid-19 patient from Handwara area in Kashmir’s Kupwara district died at SMHS hospital, taking the death toll in Jammu Kashmir to 61.
The teenager is the youngest among the 61 persons who have succumbed to the virus in Jammu Kashmir so far.
Hospital officials told The Kashmiriyat that the boy was admitted to the hospital on 12 June with a serious head injury, he passed away around 3 a.m. today.
The teenager is the youngest to die of the covid-19 among the 61 people who have died of the covid 19.
Earlier, the youngest victim was a 27-year-old resident from Lolab area of the Kashmir’s Kupwara district who succumbed to the pathogen 13 days ago at the same hospital.
The Positive cases in Kashmir stand at 5041, while 2389 persons have been recovered.