Tally reaches 13,500 as 618 fresh cases surface
Jharkhand's Covid recovery rate dropped to 35.50 per cent on Monday as 618 fresh cases of infection surfaced in state and only 112 patients recovered, government data stated.
State's recovery rate has nosedived from the fourth highest in country to half as much as the national average over a span of five weeks. The national Covid recovery rate, as per government data, was 64.43 per cent on Monday.
The Covid tally in State jumped to 13,500 on Monday, while the number of active cases stood at 8581, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated. As per the bulletin, the number of Covid recoveries in Jharkhand, was nearly half of the number of active cases. As many as 4795 Covid patients have recovered from the infection in Jharkhand so far.
Ranchi, the worst-affected district in Jharkhand, reported the highest number of fresh Covid cases among all districts on Monday. As per the NHM bulletin, the number of active cases in Ranchi reached 1706 on Monday as 130 fresh cases surfaced in the district. There were 1512 active cases in East Singhbhum, the second worst-hit district in state.
The Covid toll in Jharkhand reached 125 as three more patients, all from East Singhbhum, lost their battle against the infection on Monday, health officials said. With 37 casualties, East Singhbhum has reported highest number of Covid deaths in state. Ranchi has reported 25 casualties so far.
The state government ran a special Covid testing drive during which it tested nearly 50,000 people in three days, health officials said. The health department had set a target of conducting 1 lakh tests from July 31 to August 2.
The health department is likely to retest chief minister Hemant Soren and his family on Tueaday, sources said. Several politicians in Jharkhand have come under Covid scanner in the past one month and many of them were found infected. State drinking water and sanitation minister Mithilesh Thakur and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's (JMM) Tundi legislator Mathura Mahto were found Covid-positive last month. Besides, Ranchi MLA CP Singh, former Urban Development Minister of Jharkhand, is also undergoing treatment for Covid infection.
The government has so far collected samples of 3.5 lakh people and tested 3.39 lakh of them. Around 2.4 lakh people have been put in home quarantine across Jharkhand and nearly 6000 have been sent to institutional quarantine, highlights government data.