As many as 219 fresh Covid-19 cases surfaced in the State on Friday at a time when spread of the coronavirus infection is gradually going down in the State. As per the bulletin issued by NHM, Jharkhand one person died due to the deadly disease on Friday.
Among the new Covid cases 94 were from Ranchi, 25 from Bokaro, three from Chatra, 11 from Deoghar, 24 from Dhanbad, two from Dumka, 19 from East Singhbhum, one from Garhwa, one from Giridih, one from Godda, four from Gumla, five from Hazaribagh, two from Jamtara, seven from Khunti, four from Koderma, one from Pakur, one from Palamu, five from Ramgarh, one from Sahibganj and eight from West Singhbhum.
On Friday, new cases of Covid-19 infection also outnumbered the recoveries, causing a marginal rise in the count of active cases of infection. As per Government data, as many as 1,938 people were battling the viral infection across the State on Friday. As per the NHM bulletin, as many as 219 people, including 94 from Ranchi alone, were found infected on the day. On the other hand, at least 206 Covid patients recovered from the infection.
The Covid toll in the State reached 978 on Friday as one patient died of the lethal infection in 24 hours, figures compiled by the health department highlighted. The Covid mortality rate in Jharkhand stood at 0.88 per cent on Thursday, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated.
The Government on Friday tested swab samples of 21,997 people and more than 1 per cent of them were found infected. So far, health workers have collected swab samples of 43.09 lakh people and tested 42.92 lakh of them. Of the over 43 lakh people tested, as many as 1,09,990 were found infected and at least 1,07,074 of the infected people have recovered, states government data.
As per the NHM bulletin released on Thursday, the growth rate of Covid-19 in Jharkhand was 0.16 per cent against the national average of 0.33 per cent. The doubling rate of the virus in the State was 440.82 days against the national average of 208.12 days. The recovery rate in Jharkhand was higher than the national recovery rate of 94.20 per cent. The state’s recovery rate on Thursday was 97.34 per cent.