Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday recorded 26 fresh Covid cases, taking the number of infected persons to 479018, while no fatality reported due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said.

 Of the new cases, 03 were from the Jammu division and 23 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, Officials said.

There are 162 active cases in the union territory while the number of recoveries so far has been 474071, officials said.

 25 Covid-19 patients recovered today, 09 from Jammu division and 16 from Kashmir division, they said.