Jammu & Kashmir reports 1,578 new COVID-19 cases, tally crosses 50,000-mark

Jammu and Kashmir reported 1,578 new COVID-19 cases, taking infection tally to 50,712 on Friday, while nine more coronavirus deaths in last 24 hours pushed union territory's death toll to 854, officials said.y said of fresh COVID-19 cases, 808 were detected in Jammu region and 770 in Kashmir valley. Jammu district reported highest number of 415 new cases, followed by Srinagar (267), officials said.

Of latest COVID-19 fatalities reported in union territory, six deaths were in Jammu region and three in Kashmir valley, y said.

re are a total of 15,169 active cases in Jammu and Kashmir, while 34,689 patients have recovered from infection so far, officials said. 

(Im Credits:PTI)