The Covid toll in East Singhbhum breached the 1,000-mark on Monday as the district reported eight casualties on the day. As per a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM), as many as 1,007 East Singhbhum residents have died of Covid-19 so far.
Jharkhand continued to report more than twice as many Covid recoveries as fresh cases of infection on Monday, causing a drop in the growth rate of Covid-19, but over a dozen deaths kept the Covid mortality rate in the State above the national average, data compiled by the NHM highlighted.
As many as 831 people were found infected by Coronavirus in the state on Monday while 1816 Covid patients recovered. The active caseload in the state dropped to 8,907 on the day, while 14 deaths took the Covid toll in Jharkhand to 4,991, the bulletin further stated.
East Singhbhum reported 283 cases on the day, the highest among all the Jharkhand districts. However, at least 411 Covid patients recovered in the district on Monday, bringing the active caseload there down to 316.
Ranchi reported 61 cases against 276 recoveries and the active caseload here dropped to 2,463 by Monday evening. The district accounted for three Covid deaths on the day which took the toll here to 1,555, the highest in the State. The district also accounted for more than 30 per cent of the active caseload in Jharkhand.
The Centre on Monday committed to provide over 10 lakh doses of vaccine against Covid-19 for residents above the age of 45 years in Jharkhand in the month of June, health officials said. However, the state continues to face a shortage of vaccine doses for beneficiaries in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years with only 1.35 lakh doses in stock.
Jharkhand, officials said, was expecting around 5.8 lakh doses in June for beneficiaries in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years. The vaccination rate for beneficiaries in this age group has been slow in the state with around 15,000 people getting the first jab daily on an average.
The State has been assured supply of 3,33,770 doses of vaccine in the first fortnight of June and 6,77,510 more in the second fortnight. The vaccine doses will be provided in installments, officials said. The State on Monday administered the first dose of vaccine to 29,597 residents, while the second dose was administered to 5,313 beneficiaries.
Jharkhand on Monday tested swab samples of 50,338 residents and less than 2 per cent of them were found infected. So far, over 3.37 lakh people have been infected by Coronavirus in Jharkhand and more than 95 per cent of them have recovered, while 1.47 per cent of them could not survive.