Ranchi, Dec 6 (PTI) Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally mounted to 1,10,186 with 196 fresh cases, while one more fatality pushed the death toll to 979, a health department official said on Sunday.

Ranchi district registered the maximum number of new infections at 80, followed by Bokaro (24), Dhanbad (24) and East Singhbhum (9).

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Jharkhand now has 1,845 active cases, while 1,07,362 people have been cured of the disease so far, the official said.

The state has tested 23,221 samples for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, he added.

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