Srinagar, June 19 (GNS): A 15-day-old infant, who died of complications relating to COVID-19 here on Friday, could be the world’s youngest victim of the disease. “The baby was a case of aortic stenosis with CCF. He died in the Infectious Disease Block at 10:55 a.m. today,”

According to reports “The baby was a case of aortic stenosis with CCF. He died in the Infectious Disease Block at 10:55 a.m. today,” Professor Farooq Jan, Medical Superintendent SKIMS Soura told

The baby’s death has taken the death toll due to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 75.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
Earlier, an 80-year-old man from Sopore was died at SKIMS Soura, two days after his admission to the hospital at 1:25 p.m. on June 17 with “hypertension,T2DM with CAP with cardiac failure”.

“His sampling for covid-19 was done on the same day and came out to be Covid-19 positive on June 18 . The patient expired at 9 a.m. today,” Professor Jan added. (KNS)