Ranchi, Jun 26 (PTI) Twenty-nine more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Jharkhand on Friday, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 2,294, a government bulletin said.

Forty-two patients also recovered from the disease during the day, it said.

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The state now has 635 active cases. While 12 people died of novel coronavirus, 1,647 patients were cured of COVID-19 and discharged from hospitals.

Of the 12 fatalities, Ranchi district accounted for four, followed by two each in Bokaro and Hazaribag and one each in Giridih, Gumla, Koderma and Simdega.

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A total of 1,33,914 swab samples were collected and testing of 1,33,082 samples completed so far, the bulletin said.

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