Srinagar, May 20 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday recorded 73 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of infections to 1,390, officials said.

Of the fresh cases, 36 cases are from Jammu and 37 from Kashmir, they said.

The officials said the total number of cases in Jammu and Kashmir has now reached 1,390.

Of these, 1,188 are in Kashmir and 202 in Jammu, they added.

While there were 694 active cases in the union territory – 560 in Kashmir and 134 in Jammu, 678 patients have recovered, they said.

The UT has witnessed 18 coronavirus disease-related deaths. PTI SSB MIJ  

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