Jammu, May 11 (IANS) Eighteen more tested positive in J&K on Monday taking the coronavirus tally to 879.

According to a statement by the Information and Public Relations Department, of the new cases 6 are from the Jammu Division and 12 the Kashmir Division.

While 10 patients succumbed to Covid-19, 427 recovered. The number of active cases is now 442 -- 21 in the Jammu Division and 421 in the Kashmir Division.

--IANS sq/pcj