Jammu and Kashmir reports 1,330 fresh cases of COVID-19

The number of COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir zoomed past the 60,000-mark on Friday as the union territory recorded 1,330 fresh cases, while 15 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 966, officials said. It was for the 16th consecutive day that the number of fresh cases have crossed 1000 in a 24-hour period. 

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UT recorded 1,330 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours -- 672 in Jammu and 658 in the Kashmir Valley," the officials said. The cumulative figure of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir has now gone past the 60,000-mark to 61,041. Srinagar district reported the highest number of 237 new cases, followed by 221 in Jammu district, the officials said.