The number of active cases of Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand dropped below the 10,000 mark on Wednesday after the state reported over 1000 recoveries against 829 fresh cases of infection surfacing in the past 24 hours, data with the health department stated.
After Wednesday’s test results, Jharkhand’s Covid recovery rate jumped to 88.26 per cent, which is higher than the national Covid recovery rate of 85 per cent, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) highlighted.
While the number of active cases dropped significantly in the past week, Jharkhand has reported around 70 Covid casualties during the same period. As many as 10 more Covid-19 patients died during treatment in Jharkhand on Wednesday, taking the Covid toll in the tribal state up at 767, figures released by the health department stated.
The number of active cases dropped significantly in Ranchi as well as East Singhbhum, two of the worst-affected districts in Jharkhand, on Wednesday. Ranchi reported 502 recoveries against 388 fresh cases of infection on the day, which brought the number of active cases in the district down to 2,995. As many as 132 Covid patients recovered in East Singhbhum on the day against 61 cases of infection, bringing the count of active cases down to 1,620.
As per government data, as many as 9,759 people were still battling the virus across Jharkhand on Wednesday, and around 45 per cent of them were from Ranchi and East Singhbhum. As many as 79,176 people have defeated Covid-19 virus in Jharkhand so far.
The government has so far collected swab samples of 25 lakh people and tested around 24.96 lakh of them for Covid-19. On Wednesday, health workers tested swab samples of 23,331 people and 22,502 of them came negative.
The virus has infected at least four members of the Hemant Soren cabinet so far. While health minister Banna Gupta and Drinking Water and Sanitation minister Mithilesh Thakur have recovered from the infection, state education minister Jagarnath Mahto was critical and undergoing treatment at Medica on Wednesday.