A 65-year-old man from Rajouri district, who had tested positive for Covid-19, died at a hospital in Jammu on Friday, taking the number of coronavirus-related fatalities in Jammu and Kashmir to 53, officials said.

“A Covid-19 positive patient (65) from Sialsui village of Rajouri’s Kalakote Tehsil passed away today morning at Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu,” the officials said.

They said the sexagenarian man was admitted to the hospital on June 1 with head injuries after falling off from stairs.

He was shifted to isolation ward of the hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 on June 2,” they added.

With fresh fatality, the death toll due to the pathogen has risen in Jammu and Kashmir to 53— 47 in Valley and 6 in Jammu division.

So far Srinagar district with twelve deaths due to the virus has the highest fatalities, followed by ten in Baramulla, eight in Kulgam, five in Anantnag, four in Shopian, three in Kupwara & Jammu , two each in Budgam & Pulwama while one death each has been reported in Bandipora, Doda, Rajouri & Udhampur.