Agencies:

The death count due to Covid-19 mounted to 71 in J&K after an 80-year-old from Srinagar and a 65-year-old from Shopian succumbed to the virus at a hospital here, officials said.
Dr. Nazir Choudhary, Medical Superintendent SMHS hospital here told that the octogenarian from Srinagar�s Nawa Bazar area was admitted on June 16 and died the next day. �He was having hypertension and bilateral pneumonia besides other underlying ailments,� he said.
Regarding Shopian patient he said, the 65-year-old was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday with �acute breathlessness. A resident of Chakoora Shopian, the sexagenarian�s body is being brought to his hometown, Dr Ramesh Kumar, CMO Shopian told.