The person, hailing from Chadoora area of the central Kashmir district, died at SKIMS hospital in Soura area of the city here on Saturday, Medical Superintendent Farooq Jan told .
Jan said the patient was admitted to the hospital on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday after he complained of heart problem.
However, the doctors attending him diagnosed a chest infection and his sample was taken for testing.
"The sample report came out positive this evening," the SKIMS medical superintendent said.
The latest death has brought the COVID-19 toll to 12 in Jammu and Kashmir. SSB CK