Ranchi (Jharkhand), Aug 23 (PTI) Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally rose to 29,211 on Sunday as 980 more people tested positive for the infection, while 14 fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 311, a health bulletin said.

The fresh infections have pushed the number of active cases in the state to 9,518, while 19,382 people have been cured of the disease, it said.

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A total of 13,214 samples have been tested for COVID- 19 in the last 24 hours, the bulletin added.

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