Jharkhand on Saturday vaccinated over 60,000 residents against Covid-19, while over 4 lakh vaccine doses were distributed among the 24 districts to continue the ongoing immunisation drive at full-throttle and eliminate hurdles caused by shortage of vaccines in some of the districts, health officials said.
As per provisional data released by the health department, at least 42,869 residents were administered the first dose of vaccine, while 21,213 beneficiaries got the second jab. At least 45,000 beneficiaries vaccinated on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years.
According to figures shared by the National Health Mission (NHM), the State on Saturday distributed at least 87,390 doses of Covaxin, the crisis of which left several second dose beneficiaries of this vaccine worried in the state lately. Besides, at least 3,30,250 doses of Covishield vaccine were also distributed among the districts.
Ranchi got the highest share of 6,500 Covaxin and 24,000 Covishield doses from the fresh lot, while East Singhbhum received 5,700 Covaxin doses and 23,000 Covishield doses, figures shared by the NHM highlighted. Dhanbad was allotted 22,000 doses of Covishield vaccine and 4,000 doses of Covaxin, while Palamu received 19,500 doses of Covishield and 5,400 doses of Covaxin, as per NHM data.
Among other districts, Bokaro received 18,750 Covishield doses and 2000 Covaxin doses, while Giridih received 20,000 Covishield doses and 5000 doses of Covaxin. On an average, each of the 24 districts received at least 10,000 doses of vaccines with Lohardaga getting the lowest share of 8,790 doses.
Meanwhile, the active caseload of Covid-19 dropped further down to 213 in Jharkhand on Saturday as Covid recoveries outnumbered fresh cases of infection. As per a bulletin released by the NHM, the state reported 18 fresh Covid cases on the day, while at least 20 Covid patients recovered from the viral infection.
Ranchi, however, witnessed a spike in the active caseload as at least 12 people were found infected by coronavirus here and eight patients recovered from the infection on Saturday. As per Government data, at least 103 residents were battling the viral infection in Ranchi by the end of Saturday.
The State on Saturday tested swab samples of 59,250 residents and 0.03 per cent of them were found infected. So far, over 3.47 lakh residents have been infected by coronavirus in Jharkhand and 98.46 per cent of them have recovered, while 1.47 per cent of patients could not survive.