Ranchi, Sep 3 (PTI) Jharkhand's COVID-19 caseload rose to 44,862 on Thursday as 1,029 more people tested positive for the infection, while 10 fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 438, a health official said.

The fresh infections have taken the number of active cases in the state to 14,677, while 29,747 people have recovered from the disease so far, he said.

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The state has tested 20,846 samples for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the official added.

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