Two more people died due to novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir taking the total number of fatalities in J&K to 33, officials said on Tuesday.

One among the victims includes an elderly woman from Baramulla district who died on Monday and her Covid-19 report came out positive posthumously today. The other is a 27-year-old man from Lolab area of Kupwara, who died at SMHS hospital Monday and his report also came out positive posthumously today, they said.

An elderly woman from Khanpora area of Baramulla died on Monday and her test report came out to be positive today, said Principal GMC Baramulla, Dr. Syed Masood.

She had many comorbidities like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and others,” he said.

The woman was the mother-in-law of a 55-year-old man who died of the covid-19 last week.

Meanwhile, a 27-year-old man from Lolab area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara, who died on Monday at SMHS hospital was tested positive on Tuesday.

He was admitted in SMHS Hospital Srinagar on Monday with bilateral pneumonia with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and died within an hour of admission,” said Dr. Salim Khan, nodal officer for COVID-19 at the Government Medical College Srinagar. 

With these fatalities, the death toll due to the virus in J&K has gone upto 33- 29 in Kashmir and four in Jammu.

So far Srinagar district has highest number of the fatalities—seven followed Baramulla with six deaths, Anantnag five, Kulgam four, two each from Shopian, Budgam and Jammu while one death each has been reported from Bandipora,Kupwara, Doda and Udhampur.