4 more test COVID-19 positive in Jharkhand; total cases rise to 161

Ranchi, May 11 () Four more people including threeSurat returnees tested positive for novel coronavirus in thelast 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 161 inJharkhand.

Three persons of Giridih and one belonging to hotspotHindpiri locality in the state capital were found to beafflicted with COVID-19, health officials said.

The three persons of Giridih were among 77 migrantworkers who had returned from Surat in Gujarat, he said.

Giridih Deputy Commissioner Rahul Kumar Sinha saidthat Prohibitory Orders under Section 144 CrPC have beenpromulgated in the three villages from where the threepositive cases were found to prevent the spread of thecontagion.

Officials said the state now has 80 active cases and78 have recovered. Two persons died of the disease while onepatient succumbed due to Comorbidity conditions. PVRNN NN