Srinagar, June 25: Three days after his death and subsequent burial, the swab sample result of a 75-year-old man from Mehjoor Nagar returned positive for the covid-19 on Thursday, taking the fatality count due to the pathogen to 90 in J&K.
The man was admitted on June 22. His swab sample was taken at 11 p.m. on June 22 while he died at wee hours on June 23.
The family had reportedly taken the body forcibly and buried it later.
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