Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir reported 166 new coronavirus cases even as one person succumbed to the virus during 24 hours, officials said on Saturday.

29 of the new cases were reported from Jammu Division and 137 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall case tally to 324979.

There was one death reported, from Jammu division, due to the pathogen, thus the fatality count rose to 4406—2165 in Jammu and 2241 in Kashmir, they said.

Reader correspondent