India News | J'khand Reports 269 New COVID-19 Cases, Four Fresh Fatalities

Ranchi, Nov 13 (PTI) Jharkhand's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,05,493 as 269 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said on Friday.

Four new fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 917, he said.

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The fresh deaths were reported from Ranchi, Palamu, Latehar and Chatra.

Ranchi district reported the highest number of new cases at 65, followed by East Singhbhum (49) and Dhanbad (43), the official said.

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The state now has 3,668 active coronavirus cases, while 1,00,908 people have been cured of the disease so far, he said.

Jharkhand has tested 18,489 samples for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, he added.

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