Jammu, April 23 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir logged 1,937 new Covid cases and 19 related deaths during the last 24 hours as the number of active cases surged to 16,993 in the Union Territory.

Officials said of the new cases, 846 were from the Jammu division and 1,091 from the Kashmir division while 1,019 patients were discharged from different hospitals after recovery.

Nineteen patients succumbed, taking the toll to 2,111.

So far, 156,344 people have been infected with coronavirus in J&K out of which 137,240 have recovered.

The number of active cases has surged to 16,993 out of which 7,112 are from Jammu division and 9,881 from the Kashmir division.

--IANS sq/vd