Covid-19 cases in the State crossed 240 mark on the last day of the year, figures compiled by the state health department revealed. The number of people declared recovered and discharged from health institutions stood at 218 on the day.
Ranchi district reported at least 110 cases against 103 recoveries, while East Singhbhum district on Thursday reported 31cases against 30 recoveries. The number of Covid-19 patients reached 796 in Ranchi and 1659 in Jharkhand after Thursday's findings.
Three persons died of COVID-19 on Thursday in the State –the deaths were reported from Bokaro, Khunti and Ranchi districts, taking the total death toll in the State to 1030.
Apart from Ranchi (110) and East Singhbhum (31), 13 from Bokaro, 1 from Chatra, 5 from Deoghar, 26 from Dhanbad, 3 from Garhwa, 1 from Godda, 2 from Gumla, 8 from Hazaribagh, 3 from Khunti, 1 from Koderma, 6 from Latehar, 3 from Lohardaga, 6 from Palamu, 9 from Ramgarh, 5 from Saraikela, 1 from Simdega and 6 persons from West Singhbhum were found positive on the day.
The government tested swab samples of 14,446 people on the day and more than 1.5 per cent of them were found infected. So far, the government has collected swab samples of 48.09 lakh people and tested 47.99 lakh of them. Health workers on Saturday collected swab samples of only 11,967 people.
As per government data, the Covid recovery rate in the State was 97.66 per cent against the national average of 96.00 per cent. The growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.14 per cent against the national growth rate of 0.17 per cent. As per figures with the NHM, it would take 479.47 days for the cases to double in Jharkhand. The doubling rate in India was 413.35 days.