Jharkhand reports 736 new COVID-19 cases, 8 fresh fatalities

The state now has 11,243 active coronavirus cases, while 73,428 people have been cured of the disease so far.

Ranchi: Jharkhand’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 85,400 on Saturday as 736 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said.

Eight more people succumbed to the infection, taking the state’s coronavirus death toll to 729, he said.

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The state now has 11,243 active coronavirus cases, while 73,428 people have been cured of the disease so far, the official said.

A total of 28,100 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, he added.