Nearly 1.5 lakh residents were vaccinated in Jharkhand on Wednesday as more than 1,200 session sites remained operational across the State from morning till evening, figures released by the health department highlighted.
As per provisional data shared by the National Health Mission (NHM), the state on Wednesday administered the first dose of vaccine to at least 1,13,681 residents, while the second jab was administered to as many as 34,569 beneficiaries. Around 1.10 lakh residents in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years got inoculated on the day.
Figures released by the NHM on Wednesday evening highlighted that the state has administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to at least 90 lakh residents and more than 22 lakh of them have also received the second jab.
As per data available on the Co-Win platform, at least 87 session sites were operational on Wednesday in Ranchi, where more than 17,000 residents were vaccinated. At least 87 vaccination centres were open in East Singhbhum too and about 17,000 residents were vaccinated there. In Dhanbad, at least 10,000 residents were inoculated across 64 session sites.
Meanwhile, active Covid-19 caseload rose to 225 as fresh cases of infection outnumbered recoveries in Jharkhand on Wednesday. As per a bulletin released by the NHM, the state reported 32 cases against 24 recoveries on the day.
The active caseload in Ranchi also jumped to 106 as the district reported seven cases against only four recoveries, the NHM bulletin stated. At least 12 of 24 districts did not report fresh cases of Coronavirus infection on the day, while no district reported a double-digit-spike.
The State on Wednesday tested swab samples of 46,621 residents and 0.06 per cent of them were found infected. As per Government data, the state has so far reported over 3.47 lakh Covid cases and more than 98 per cent of patients have recovered.
Jharkhand did not report fresh cases of Covid-induced Mucormycosis on the day, while no casualties were reported. As per latest data shared by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), the State had at least 21 active cases of black fungus on Wednesday evening.