Ex IAS officer, HoDâs mother, Retd Insp, Health worker among 20 die in Jammu
Ex IAS officer, HoDâs mother, Retd Insp, Health worker among 20 die in Jammu
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 30: A retired IAS officer, mother of a senior doctor posted as the Head of Department (HoD), female Health worker and retired Inspector of Police were among 20 persons who died of COVID-19 and related complications while 823 persons tested positive in Jammu region today.
Seven women were among the dead while Jammu district accounted for maximum 12 COVID casualties followed by three in Rajouri, two each Udhampur and Ramban and one in Samba district.
SRINAGAR: Dr Ravi Kulbhushan Jerath, retired IAS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre, passed away. He fought Covid19 for around 10 days and breathed his last at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine broad run Narayana Hospital, reports reaching from Jammu said.