Ranchi, Sep 21 (PTI) Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally rose to 71,352 on Monday as 1,492 more people tested positive for the infection, while two fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 617, a health official said.

The fresh infections have taken the number of active cases in the state to 13,791, while 56,944 people have recovered from the disease so far, he said.

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The state has tested 81,169 samples for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the official added.

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