Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded 16 fresh Covid cases, taking the number of infected persons to 479062, while no fatality reported due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said.

 Of the new cases, 09 were from the Jammu division and 07 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, Officials said.

There are 168 active cases in the union territory while the number of recoveries so far has been 474109, officials said.

 21 Covid-19 patients recovered today, 06 from Jammu division and 15 from Kashmir division, they said.