As many as 26 new cases of Covid-19 infection surfaced in Jharkhand on Monday, taking the total count of cases reported in the State so far to 661, health officials said. New cases of infection were reported from eight districts on Monday, including East Singhbhum, which alone reported 10 cases in the day, officials added.
Cases were also reported from Garhwa, Hazaribag, Koderma, Gumla, Ranchi, Simdega and Lohardaga on Monday. With Monday’s findings, the number of migrants testing positive for Covid-19 reached 461, which is more than 70 per cent of the total cases reported in Jharkhand so far, health officials said.
“At least 26 new cases of Covid-19 infection were reported today. Ten of them are from East Singhbhum,” said Health Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni. Koderma also reported four cases on Monday, another health official said.
According to a daily Covid-19 bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM), at least 40 patients recovered from Covid-19 infection on Monday and were discharged from hospital.
According to figures with the NHM, at least 296 Covid-19 patients have recovered in Jharkhand so far. There are more than 360 active cases in State as reported on Monday late evening.
More than half of the 661 odd people infected by Covid-19 virus so far in Jharkhand are in the age bracket of 11 to 30 years — a trend that highlights how young people were as prone to the virus as their older counterparts, health officials said. Out of the 661 cases, 393 are in the age bracket of 11 to 30 years and 209 in rhe age bracket of 31 to 50 years, the NHM report said.
According to NHM, more than 70 per cent of the Covid-19 cases reported in Jharkhand are migrant workers. At least 461 migrant workers have tested positive in Jharkhand since May 5, the NHM bulletin said.
The Government has so far collected samples of 82,818 Covid-19 suspects from across the State, and more than 660 of them have tested positive. At least 69,187 of the 76,000 odd samples collected have been tested so far, the NHM report said.