Srinagar, May 27: Jammu and Kashmir reported seven new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday.
They said that five of the cases were reported from Jammu and each from Udhampur and Srinagar districts, taking the overall tally to 454227—166452 in Jammu and 287775 in Kashmir.
There was also no death due to the pathogen reported in the last 24 hours, they said. So far 4752 persons have succumbed to the virus—2328 in Jammu and 2424 in Kashmir.
Besides, they said, eight Covid-19 patients recovered during the last 24 hours—seven from Jammu division and one from Kashmir. So far 449411 people have recovered, leaving the active case tally at 63— 45 in Jammu and 18 in Kashmir.
The officials said there was no new confirmed case of mucormycosis (black fungus) reported today. So far 51 black fungus cases have been confirmed in J&K, the officials said. They also informed that 9083 doses of covid-19 vaccine were administered during the time in J&K.
