6 more test COVID-19 positive in Jharkhand; tally rises to 223

Ranchi, May 17 () Six more people, including twoMumbai returnees, tested positive for COVID-19 in Jharkhand onSunday, taking the total number of coronavirus infection casesin the state to 223, health officials said.

Two persons recently returned from Mumbai to Ramgarhand were detected to be COVID-19 positive. The four othercases were reported from Deoghar, Ranchi, Hazaribag andLohardaga districts.

Health officials said 88 of the total 223 cases weremigrants.

The state now has 107 active cases and they are from14 of the 24 districts of Jharkhand.

So far, 113 patients have recovered from the diseaseand discharged from hospitals while three persons had died ofthe infection since its outbreak in the state capital on March31.

Ranchi, which is in the Red Zone, has 19 activecases now out of the total 104 cases, a health bulletin said.

Garhwa with 25 has the highest number of active cases,followed by 22 in Hazaribag and 12 in Palamau, it said. PVRNN NN