Jharkhand reports 1,349 new COVID-19 cases, 4 fresh fatalities

Jharkhand's COVID-19 caseload rose to 76,438 on Friday as 1,349 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said.

Four more patients succumbed to the infection, taking the state's coronavirus death toll to 652, he said.

Jharkhand now has 12,841 active COVID-19 cases, while 62,945 people have been cured of the disease so far, the official said.

The state has tested 23,482 samples for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, he added.