Srinagar, Mar 18 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir on Friday recorded 15 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally to 4,53,520, officials said.

They said no death due to the disease was reported in the union territory in the past 24 hours.

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Of the fresh cases, eight were reported from Jammu division and seven from Kashmir division, the officials said.

They said Srinagar district recorded the highest of four cases.

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Twelve of the total 22 districts in the union territory did not report any fresh case, they added.

There are 133 active cases in J and K, while the number of recovered patients was 4,48,637, the officials said.

The death toll in the union territory due to the pandemic was 4,750, they said.

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