Ranchi, Nov 17 (PTI) Four more persons died of COVID- 19 in Jharkhand, while the state reported 166 new cases, officials said on Tuesday.

So far, 928 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the state, they said.

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Two of the latest deaths were reported from Ranchi and one each from Dumka and Dhanbad.

There are 2,754 active cases in the state at present.

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Of the new cases, 56 were detected in Ranchi, 32 in East Singhbhum, and 12 each in Dhanbad and Ramgarh.

The state has so far reported 1,06,230 cases of COVID-19. Of them, 1,02,548 have already recovered.

A total of 14,461 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.

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