Man dies of COVID, days after losing son to it

SRINAGAR: A man, whose son died of COVID-19 last week, too succumbed to the disease on Monday, taking the pandemic death toll in Jammu and Kashmir to 10, officials said here.

“The 60-year-old man, who was suffering from pancreatic cancer, died this morning. He too had tested positive for COVID-19 recently,” an official said.

He said the man, hailing from Alamgari Bazar area of the city, had lost his 34-year-old son to the disease on May 7.

This is the tenth death due to coronavirus infection in Jammu and Kashmir and fourth in Srinagar, the official said. (AGENCIES)

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