Srinagar, Jun 6 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded 143 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of infections to 3,467, officials said.

They said while 100 of these cases were reported from the Kashmir region, 43 were from Jammu.

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"143 new positive cases of coronavirus were detected in the union territory on Saturday," one of them said.

The officials said the total number of cases in Jammu and Kashmir has now reached 3,467 --- 2,615 in Kashmir region, 852 in Jammu.

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They said there are 2,302 active cases in the union territory -- 1,646 in Kashmir and 656 in Jammu.

A total of 1,126 patients have recovered, they said.

The UT has witnessed 39 COVID-19 related deaths.

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