565 fresh cases; eight more deaths in Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar, November 27

Jammu and Kashmir on Friday recorded 565 fresh Covid cases and eight fatalities due to the disease in the past 24 hours, bringing the infection count to 1,08,871 and the death toll to 1,676, officials said.

Of the fresh cases, 327 are in the Jammu division and 238 in the Kashmir division, they said. The officials said Jammu district recorded a maximum of 142 fresh cases of the virus, followed by 88 in Srinagar.

The union territory has 5,236 active cases, while 1,01,959 patients have recovered from the infection so far, the officials said.

Five of the new deaths linked to Covid are from Jammu and three from the Kashmir region, they said. — PTI