J&K records 240 new cases, tally reaches 9,501

Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday recorded 240 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of people infected with coronavirus to 9,501 while the death toll due to the infection reached 154 following the demise of five patients in the last 24 hours, an official said. "Five persons, who were COVID-19 positive, have died



over the past 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir," the official said. 

Of the 240 new cases detected in the last 24 hours, 55 were from the Jammu region and 185 from the Kashmir valley. There are 3,652 active cases in the union territory, while 5,695 patients have recovered from the infection.