Ranchi, Dec 8 (PTI) Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally mounted to 1,10,457 with 179 fresh cases, while two more fatalities pushed the death toll to 988, a health department official said on Tuesday.

Ranchi district registered the maximum number of new infections at 79, followed by East Singhbhum (25) and Bokaro (13).

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Jharkhand now has 1,759 active COVID-19 cases, while 1,07,710 people have been cured of the disease so far, the official said.

The state has tested 17,057 samples for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, he added.

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