Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 4959 new covid-19 cases while seven persons died due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday.

They said 1394 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 3565 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total tally to 419731. The virus also claimed seven lives, one from Jammu division and 6 from Kashmir Valley, taking the fatality count to 4642. So far 2265 died due to the virus in Jammu and 2377 in the Valley.

Reader correspondent