India News | Jharkhand's COVID-19 Tally Mounts to 26,938 with 638 New Cases; Death Toll Climbs to 286

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally climbed to 26,938 on Thursday with 638 fresh cases, even as eight more fatalities pushed the death toll in the state to 286, a health official said.

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Ranchi, Aug 20 (PTI) Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally climbed to 26,938 on Thursday with 638 fresh cases, even as eight more fatalities pushed the death toll in the state to 286, a health official said.

Jharkhand now has 9,332 active cases, while 17,320 people have recovered from the disease so far, he said.

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A total of 6,626 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the official added.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)

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