RANCHI: Jharkhand reported 291 new Covid-19 cases and the one death from Bokaro on Friday.
East Singhbhum reported 87 new cases, the highest among all 24 districts.
Hazaribag with 23 and Dhanbad with 21 new cases followed East Singhbhum.
Pakur and Chatra did not report any new case.
As many as 39,338 samples were tested on Friday and the positivity rate stood at 0.73%.
The state’s cumulative caseload has reached 3,43,065 while the death toll touched 50,82, the health department said.
As on Friday, the state has 4,220 active cases with the biggest chunk of 1,287 cases in Ranchi.
291 new Covid cases, 1 death in Jharkhand
