Ranchi, Dec 12 (PTI) Jharkhand's COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,11,177 as 174 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said on Saturday.

The COVID-19 death toll increased to 995 after two more patients succumbed to the disease, he said.

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Two new fatalities were reported from Bokaro and Hazaribagh, the official said.

Ranchi district registered the maximum number of fresh cases at 93, followed by Bokaro (20) and Dhanbad (12).

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Jharkhand now has 1,694 active coronavirus cases, while 1,08,488 people have been cured of the disease so far, the official said.

The state has tested 23,253 samples for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, he added.

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