Srinagar, May 26 -- A 90-year-old man, who was tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, died at a hospital in Srinagar on Tuesday, taking the death toll due to the infection in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to 24.

With this, three persons have lost their lives due to the infection during the last 24 hours and 13 people in 10 days in J&K, where the COVID-19 positive cases have surpassed 1700 mark.Official sources said that an elderly man, a resident of Khaloora in Kulgam, who was tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, died at S K Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura in the wee hours on Tuesday."The patient, who was refereed to SKIMS, Soura from Government Medical College (GMC), Anantnag, on Monday morning, was suffering...