Jharkhand reports 490 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths

Jharkhand currently has 6,220 active cases, while 89,780 have recovered so far.

Ranchi: Three more people succumbed to COVID-19 in Jharkhand, raising the toll to 842, while 490 fresh cases pushed the tally to 96,842, a health department official said on Tuesday.

The deaths were reported from Bokaro, East Singhbhum and Deoghar.

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Of the new cases, 152 were recorded in Ranchi, 77 in Bokaro and 52 in East Singhbhum, he said.

Jharkhand currently has 6,220 active cases, while 89,780 have recovered so far.

As many as 28,908 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the state on Monday, the official added.