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Ranchi ( Jharkhand) : Having tested negative for COVID-19 thrice within last 45 days after coming in contact with persons testing positive to Coronavirus is a big relief for Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and his wife Kalpana Soren.
It may be be mentioned here that JMM chief and father of Hemant Soren, Shibu Soren, and his wife Rupi Soren, had tested positive for COVID-19 on August 22, 2020. CM Hemat Soren and his wife were in close contact with them hence their samples were tested on August 24, 2020, according to Jharkhand Health Secretary Nitin Kulkarni. A week ago Jharkhand health minister Hanna Gupta had also tested COVID positive.
Earlier, the Jharkhand chief minister had tested negative for COVID-19 in first and last week of July 2020 after he came in contact with Corona positive persons. He tested negative for COVID-19 again on August 24, 2020.
Jharkhand has reported 29,677 Corona positive cases till date of which 19,629 patients have been declared cured. The COVID-19 death toll in Jharkhand jumped to 312 on August 24, 2020.