Jammu & Kashmir reports 569 fresh Covid cases, 9 deaths

Jammu and Kashmir recorded 569 fresh Covid-19 cases on Sunday taking the tally of positive cases in the UT to 83,633.

Nine more people succumbed to the virus and the death toll rose to 1,322, officials said. They added that 362 people have tested positive in Kashmir and 207 in Jammu.

October has witnessed a decrease in the average number of daily cases. In September, the UT recorded a daily



average of 1,245 cases which have gone down to 778 daily cases so far in October.

As many as 890 people recovered from the virus on Sunday taking the overall recoveries to 71,845 which account for a recovery rate of 85.9%, which is the highest so far.

For the past 20 days, the recovery rate has continuously improved. So far in October, 14,921 patients have been cured as against 8,563 fresh infections.