India News | Jharkhand Reports 829 New COVID-19 Cases, 10 Fresh Fatalities

Ranchi, Oct 8 (PTI) Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally rose to 89,702 on Thursday as 829 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said.

Ten more patients succumbed to the infection, taking the state's coronavirus death toll to 767, he said.

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Jharkhand now has 9,759 active coronavirus cases, while 79,176 people have been cured of the disease so far, the official said.

The state has tested 23,331 samples for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, he added.

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