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COVID-19: 55-year-old woman dies in J-K, death toll rises to 21

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Press Trust of India Srinagar

A woman from Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district who had tested positive for COVID-19 died at a hospital here on Saturday, taking the union territory's death toll to 21, an official said.

The woman, 55, from Botengo area of south Kashmir's Anantnag died at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) here, hospital Medical Superintendent Dr. Farooq Jan said.

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He said the woman was suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with sepsis. She died of multiple organ failure.

She was admitted to SKIMS on May 6 in a critical condition and had tested positive for COVID-19, he said.

 

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First Published: May 23 2020 | 6:47 PM IST

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