666 fresh Covid cases in J&K, tally exceeds 32,000

Srinagar, Aug 24 (IANS) Six hundred sixty-six people tested positive in J&K on Sunday as the number of people infected with Covid-19 crossed 32,000 in the Union Territory.

A statement by the Information and Public Relations department said on Sunday that 666 persons had tested positive of which 126 were in Jammu division and 540 in Kashmir division as the number of coronavirus-infected people rose to 32,647.

Nine patients died on Sunday, raising the death toll to 617.

As many as 24,832 had recovered and the number of active cases was now at 7,198 in J&K, of which 1,471 were in Jammu and 5,727 in Kashmir.

–IANS

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