Jammu and Kashmir yesterday reported 701 fresh cases of Covid-19 pandemic taking the total number of positive cases to 33,776 including 26,363 from Kashmir and 7,413 from Jammu division. AIR Jammu Correspondent reports that the UT also recorded another spike in Covid deaths yesterday as the deadly virus claimed 19 lives thus the death toll has mounted to 654 in the UT while death toll in Kashmir Valley alone has crossed 600 mark.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Among 701 new cases, 562 have been reported from Kashmir whereas 139 reported from Jammu division. The total number of positive cases in Kashmir division have reached to 26,363 including 19,818 recoveries and 604 deaths. Total number of positive cases in Jammu division have reached to 7,413 including 5,776 recoveries and 50 deaths. Further, the total number of active cases in the UT is 7,544 including 5,957 from Kashmir and 1,587 from Jammu division. However, with 389 more recoveries, the tally of total recoveries in J&amp;K has reached to 25,594 which is 75.77 percent of the total cases.</span><br />
News On AIR | August 26, 2020 12:22 PM
J&K: COVID cases rises to 33,776, recoveries reach 25,594