Jammu and Kashmir records 5,606 new Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths

Srinagar district recorded the highest of 1,305 cases

A health official takes a swab sample of a student who returned from Pakistan at a Covid-19 coronavirus testing center in Srinagar
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Press Trust of India Srinagar
1 min read Last Updated : Jan 26 2022 | 8:30 PM IST

Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday recorded 5,606 fresh cases of coronavirus, raising its tally to 4,14,172, while eight more deaths pushed the toll to 4,635, officials said.

Of the fresh cases, 1,353 were reported from the Jammu division and 5,253 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, they said.

The officials said Srinagar district recorded the highest of 1,305 cases, followed by 803 cases in Budgam district.

There are 47,969 active cases in the union territory. The number of recovered patients was 3,62,168, they said.

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First Published: Jan 26 2022 | 8:30 PM IST

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