Ranchi/Deoghar, Apr 24:  Three more people on Friday tested positive for novel coronavirus in Jharkhand, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the state to 59, a health official said here.   The Director of the Ranchi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Dr D K Singh said that two samples tested positive for novel coronavirus.  Both the patients are from Ranchi, health officials said. Deoghar Deputy Commissioner Nancy Sahay said that one person from Deoghar tested positive for COVID-19 during the
day. The patient from Deoghar had recently returned from Surat in Gujarat. According to the travel history, the patient was quarantined on 29 March at the Kasturba Residential School in Sarwan. The patient is a resident of Bhurkunda village in Sarwan. This patient belongs to the tribal community. Currently, the patient is being shifted to mother Lalita Covid Hospital in Deoghar. A COVID-19 medical bulletin said that two people have died in the state due to the contagion while another person died after testing negative, due to Comorbidity or other reason, but before discharge. The 22-year-old Malaysian woman, the first coronavirus positive patient detected in the state on March 31 was discharged from RIMS on Friday after she recovered from the infection, according to Principal Secretary (Health) Nitin Madan Kulkarni. The woman was among the 17 foreign nationals found in a mosque at Hindpiri in Ranchi on March 29.

There have been 3 deaths in the state due to COVID-19 and the total positive cases in the state has risen to 59, Nitin Madan Kulkarni, Health Secretary, Jharkhand said.

Red Zone Ranchi�s Hindpiri has till date reported 34 cases while Bedo has two cases and Bariatu have one corona case. Total case in Ranchi have risen to 37, Bokaro 10, Hazaribagh 3, Two each in Dhanbad, Simdega and Deoghar while Giridih, Koderma and Garhwa have one case each.  Earlier, on Thursday, seven new corona-infected patients were stirred up on Thursday.