Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 72 new covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday.

Among the fresh cases, nine were reported from Jammu Division and 63 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 331566.

There was no death due to the virus during the time. So far 4429—2175 in Jammu and 2254 in Kashmir—have died due to the pathogen, they said.

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