India News | 42 New COVID-19 Cases in Jharkhand, Tally Goes Up to 2,140

Ranchi, Jun 22 (PTI) Forty-two more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Jharkhand on Monday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 2,140, a government bulletin said.

Sixty-three people recovered from COVID-19 in the state on Monday and were discharged from hospitals, taking the total number of recoveries in the state to 1,469, it said.

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Of the total 2,140 COVID-19 cases, 660 are active as 1,469 have recovered and 11 have died of the coronavirus.

Out of the 11 COVID-19 fatalities, four were reported from Ranchi, two from Bokaro and one each from Giridih, Gumla, Hazaribag, Koderma and Simdega, the bulletin said.

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It said that of the total 2,140 COVID-19 cases, 1,755 are migrants.

Till date, 1,24,665 swab samples have been collected with 1,24,008 tests completed, the bulletin said.

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