Jharkhand on Monday vaccinated over 1.45 lakh residents against Covid-19 as nearly 1200 session sites, including at least 30 private ones, remained operational across the State, figures released by the health department highlighted.

As per provisional data shared by the National Health Mission (NHM), the State on Monday administered the first dose of vaccine to at least 1,11,286 residents, while the second dose was administered to as many as 34,206 beneficiaries. According to a report released by the NHM, more than 1.05 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years.

Data available on the Co-Win platform reflected that East Singhbhum vaccinated the highest number of residents among the 24 Jharkhand districts on Monday. As per Co-Win dashboard, at least 122 session sites remained operational in this district and about 30,000 residents were vaccinated there. Nearly 60 session sites remained operational in Ranchi on Monday and over 11,000 residents were vaccinated here, while 65 session sites opened their doors for beneficiaries in Dhanbad and at least 13,000 residents were vaccinated in the district.

As per figures shared by the health department on Monday evening, Jharkhand has so far administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to over 1 crore residents and more than 25 lakh of them have also received the second jab.

Meanwhile, the active caseload of Covid-19 in Jharkhand dropped to 138 as the state reported at least 19 Covid recoveries against 13 fresh cases of coronavirus infection on Monday, a separate bulletin from NHM stated. While 19 of 24 districts did not report fresh cases of Covid-19, Ranchi alone accounted for seven of the 13 fresh cases of infection, the NHM bulletin further highlighted.

However, at least eight Covid patients recovered from the viral infection in Ranchi and the active caseload here dropped to 80. Sahebganj and Latehar reported one case each, while Dhanbad and Deoghar reported two cases each, as per NHM data.

The state on Monday tested swab samples of 55,054 residents and 0.02 per cent of them were found infected by SARS-CoV-2 virus. As per government data, the state has so far reported over 3.47 lakh cases of Covid-19 and 98.48 per cent of the patients have recovered, while 1.47 per cent of patients could not survive.

The state did not report fresh cases of Covid-induced mucormycosis on the day and the number of active cases of black fungus remained 20, data shared by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) highlighted. Jharkhand has so far reported 167 cases of black fungus and 31 patients have died of the fungal infection in the state.