India News | Jharkhand's COVID-19 Tally Rises to 2,193 with 53 New Cases

Ranchi, Jun 23 (PTI) Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally increased to 2,193 on Tuesday after 53 people tested positive for the virus, a government bulletin said.

There are a total of 662 active cases in the state, it said.

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Fifty-one people recovered from COVID-19 on Tuesday, taking the total number of recoveries to 1,520 in the state, the bulletin said.

The state has recorded 11 fatalities since the outbreak of the pandemic with four deaths in Ranchi, two in Bokaro and one each in Giridih, Gumla, Hazaribag, Koderma and Simdega.

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Of the total 2,193 COVID-19 cases, 1,784 are migrants.

Till date, 1,26,406 swab samples have been collected and 1,26,007 tests completed, the bulletin added.

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