India News | Jharkhand Reports 1,349 New COVID-19 Cases, 4 Fresh Fatalities

Ranchi, Sep 25 (PTI) Jharkhand's COVID-19 caseload rose to 76,438 on Friday as 1,349 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said.

Four more patients succumbed to the infection, taking the state's coronavirus death toll to 652, he said.

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Jharkhand now has 12,841 active COVID-19 cases, while 62,945 people have been cured of the disease so far, the official said.

The state has tested 23,482 samples for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, he added.

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