Ranchi: Jharkhand recorded 274 new
Covid cases on Friday, the highest since since November 13, sparking fears that the marriage season could be behind the steadily increasing number of fresh infections. Meanwhile, with 195 recoveries through the day, the number of active active cases reached 1,707, returning above the 1,700-mark for the first time since December 9. With 98 cases, Ranchi reported the highest number of new cases, followed by east Singhbhum with 36 Ramgarh with 31 cases. Dhanbad reported 25 fresh, Khunti 16 , Palamu 14 and Bokaro 12. The only Covid death of the day was reported from Dumka. Till date, 1,12,606 cases have been reported in the
state, of which 1,09,891 (97.58%) have recovered and 1,008 (0.89%) have died. tnn