Over 300 fresh cases of Covid-19 infection surfaced in Jharkhand on Monday, taking the total count of active cases close to 5000 in the State, Government data stated.
Four more Covid patients, including two in Ranchi, died during treatment on Monday, taking the death toll in state to 90. As many as 101 Covid patients also recovered from the infection on Monday, a bulletin released by National Health Mission (NHM) stated.
Ranchi, a district that has already reported the highest number of Covid cases in Jharkhand so far, again reported the highest number of fresh cases among all the districts on Monday. At least 104 of the 320 fresh cases were reported from Ranchi. There were 1111 active cases in Ranchi as reported on Monday evening.
Meanwhile, Health Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni on Monday said that 87 TrueNat machines are already operational in Jharkhand and 100 more such machines will be installed across the state to speed up Covid testing.
Addressing media persons in Ranchi, Kulkarni said that as many as 6922 isolation beds, including 2411 Covid beds, 1956 beds with oxygen support and 58 ventilator support beds have been arranged in Jharkhand for treating Covid patients.
As many as 270 ventilators are available in Jharkhand, he added. “At least 93 hotel rooms have been reserved for housing Covid patients. There are 1154 beds in Covid hospitals and 373 of them have oxygen support,” Kulkarni said.
State disaster management secretary Amitabh Kaushal said that 8,14,715 people have returned to Jharkhand from other states and abroad since the lockdown was imposed.
As many as 5, 44,096 of these returnees were migrant workers, said Kaushal. “At least 263 special trains have brought people back to Jharkhand during this period. There were 1072 containment zones in the State and 705 of them are still active,” he added.