At least four coronavirus patients in Jharkhand recovered completely from their ailment on Monday and tested negative for the virus – a development that is likely to repose the trust of people in the health machinery here, health officials said. However, four fresh cases of Covid-19 also surfaced on Monday – one each in Deoghar, Bokaro, Hazaribag and Ranchi, they added.
Two of the four patients who recovered from the lethal viral infection are from Hazaribag, while the remaining two are from Simdega and Ranchi respectively, they added. "Four patients have recovered from coronavirus infection in Jharkhand. This is the result of our doctors' hard work and dedication," said Health Minister Banna Gupta.
Among the new cases, the suspect who tested positive in Ranchi is a resident of Hindpiri –a containment zone due to an unprecedented increase in the number of patients here. "We have four new cases today – one each from Hindpiri, Deoghar, Bokaro and Hazaribag," said Health Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni.
The 22-year-old Malaysian woman, who was the first COVID-19 case of Jharkhand, tested negative on Monday and is said to be fit. Most of the four patients who recovered were asymptomatic, said Kulkarni. "Only the Malaysian woman had some symptoms, and the remaining patients were mostly asymptomatic," he said.
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Jharkhand remained 41 as the number of patients, who recovered and the number of suspects, who tested positive reached a break-even point. However, the daily Coronavirus bulletin released by National Health Mission (NHM) on Monday said that there were 43 active cases in State.
Contrary to the Government's claims, the NHM report said that no patient was cured. As per the report, samples of as many as 5508 suspects was collected by Monday, and only 45 of them came out positive. Over 90,000 people were kept in home quarantine as reported on Monday, and around 8000 were in quarantine centres.
Out of the total 45 cases reported in Jharkhand so far, 25 are from Ranchi, 11 from Bokaro, three from Hazaribag, three from Simdega, and one each from Koderma, Deoghar, Giridih.
Out of these patient, two have died, health officials said. The two deceased are from Ranchi and Bokaro respectively.