Srinagar, Sept. 29 -- A 24-year-old woman was among fifteen persons who died due to Covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir in last 24 hours taking the death toll to 1148, officials said on Monday.

They said 11 victims belonged to Jammu and four to Kashmir Valley - two from Pulwama and one each from Bandipora and Shopian respectively.

Regarding Jammu, they said, seven of those who succumbed to the virus were residents of Jammu district and one each from Udhampur, Doda, Samb and Ramban.

Meanwhile, 824 fresh Covid-19 cases were registered in the Union Territory on Monday, said the officials, adding, with these fresh cases, the tally of infected has reached 73014.

This is the first time in 26 days that the single-day spike of new cases in the UT i...