Jharkhand's COVID-19 death toll mounts to 136 with seven more fatalities

Seven more people succumbed to COVID-19 in Jharkhand on Wednesday, raising the death toll to 136, a state government bulletin said.

Three deaths were reported from Ranchi district, and one each from East Singhbhum, Giridih, Khunti, and West Singhbhum districts, it said.

A total of 978 people tested positive in the past 24 hours, taking the state's coronavirus tally to 14,919, the bulletin said.

Jharkhand now has 9,086 active cases, while 5,826 people have recovered from the disease.

Till date, 3,64,887 swab tests have been conducted in the state, it added.

The mortality rate of the state is 0.90 per cent, while the recovery rate is 38.71 per cent, the bulletin said.