Meanwhile, Kansal also said that the maximum number of COVID-19 tests were conducted in J-K in the past 24 hours with over 1,071 samples being tested.
He also said that one more death has been reported due to the infection from the region.
"Finally J-K breaks the 1000 test barrier- 1071 samples tested in the last 24 hours. But that also means more positives- so 40 new cases today- all from Kashmir. Total positive cases now 494. Jammu-57 Kashmir-437. An unfortunate death too; total deaths now 6," he tweeted.
( With inputs from ANI )