Jammu and Kashmir recorded its highest single-day spike ever, with 5443 new coronavirus cases reported in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday.
Also, 50 people succumbed to virus during the time, 29 in Jammu and 21 in Kahsmir, taking the total fatality count to 2612.
1868 of these cases were confirmed from Jammu Division and 3575 from Kashmir, taking the total count to 206954.