Five residents of Jharkhand who returned to the state from Chhattisgarh have tested positive for Covid-19 in Palamu district. This takes the total number of positive cases in Jharkhand to 132.
This was stated by Jharkhand Health Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni.
During lockdown 3.0, the Jharkhand government arranged for transport to bring home its workers, students and pilgrims stranded in other states.
Starting on May 3, it sent buses to various districts of Chhattisgarh including Raipur to ferry them.