Jharkhand on Friday vaccinated 10,8912 residents against Covid-19, while the active caseload of the disease jumped past 112 on the day as fresh cases of coronavirus infection outnumbered Covid recoveries by a fair margin, figures compiled by the health department highlighted.
A bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM), the State on Friday reported at least 20 fresh Covid cases against only nine recoveries, and the active caseload reached to 112. Jharkhand, however, did not report any casualties caused by the viral infection on the day.
At least six fresh Covid cases against five recoveries took the active caseload in Ranchi to 44, while nine cases of coronavirus infection against only three recoveries took the count of active caseload in East Singhbhum to 36, NHM data highlighted.
Dhanbad reported four Covid cases against zero Covid recoveries on the day, while Ramgarh district reported one fresh Covid case. At least 20 of 24 districts in Jharkhand did not have active cases of Covid-19 by the end of Friday.
As per data compiled by the NHM, as many as 63,777 residents were administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 on Friday, while at least 45,135 beneficiaries received the second jab. Around 79,167 beneficiaries vaccinated on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years.
As many as 1157 session sites were operational across the state on Friday, indicating that on an average about 94 beneficiaries were inoculated in each of the session sites that opened their doors. According to officials spearheading the immunisation drive in Jharkhand, each session site in the state has the capacity to administer vaccines to at least 100 beneficiaries daily.
As per government records, more than 1.41 crore residents in Jharkhand have received at least one dose of vaccine against Covid-19 and at least 44 lakh of them have also received the booster dose.
The state on Friday tested swab samples of as many as 40,207 residents and 0.07 per cent of them were found infected by SARS-CoV-2 virus. So far, over 3.48 lakh people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the state and 98.49 per cent of them have recovered, while 1.47 per cent of patients could not survive.