Ranchi, Nov 18 (PTI) Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally mounted to 1,06,491 as 261 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said on Wednesday.

Three more fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 931, he said.

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Ranchi district reported the highest number of new cases at 86, followed by Bokaro (26), Dhanbad (23) and Deoghar (23), the official said.

The state now has 2,669 active COVID-19 cases, while 1,02,891 people have been cured of the disease so far, he said.

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Jharkhand has tested 16,675 samples for COVID-19 in the last 24-hours, the official added.

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