Ranchi, May 1 (PTI) The active COVID-19 caseload in Jharkhand rose to 480 as 21 more people tested positive for the infection and 17 were cured of the disease in the last 24 hours, a health department bulletin said.

East Singhbhum district registered the highest number of fresh cases at 15, followed by Ranchi at five and Ramgarh at one.

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The fresh infections pushed the total tally in the state to 4,43,639.

The toll remained unchanged at 5,333 as no new fatality was reported since Sunday, the bulletin said.

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Jharkhand has tested 1,983 samples for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, it added.

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