The trajectory of active Covid cases continued to see an upward trend for the second day in a row in Jharkhand on Wednesday as Ranchi alone reported more than half of the fresh cases of Coronavirus infection, figures released by the health department highlighted.
The active caseload of Covid-19 jumped further up to 139 as Jharkhand reported at least 23 fresh cases of coronavirus infection against only 13 Covid recoveries on the day, a bulletin from National Health Mission (NHM) stated.
Ranchi alone accounted for 13 of the 23 fresh cases and the count of active cases witnessed a spike here as well. As many as seven patients recovered from Covid-19 in this district and the active caseload jumped to 82, the NHM bulletin stated.
At least 16 of 24 districts did not report fresh cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, while East Singhbhum reported three cases against two recoveries. Dhanbad, Deoghar, Bokaro, Jamtara and Khunti reported one case each, while two people were found infected by SARS-CoV-2 in West Singhbhum.
The state on Wednesday tested swab samples of at least 50,045 residents and 0.04 per cent of them were found infected by coronavirus. As per government data, more than 3.48 lakh residents have tested positive for Covid-19 in the state so far and 98.48 per cent of them have recovered, while 1.47 per cent of patients could not survive.
As per provisional data shared by the NHM, the state administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to as many as 99,848 residents, while the second jab was administered to at least 37,046 beneficiaries. About 1 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years.
With nearly 18,000 residents getting vaccinated on the day, Ranchi achieved the best vaccination numbers among the districts. Dhanbad also vaccinated at least 16,000 beneficiaries on the day, figures compiled by NHM highlighted. In East Singhbhum, about 5000 residents got vaccinated. As many as 1636 session sites remained operational across the state on the day.
According to a document shared by the health department on Wednesday evening, Jharkhand had more than 8.43 lakh vaccine doses in stock before the session sites opened their doors. More than 7 lakh Covishield doses and 1.34 lakh Covaxin doses were available in stock before vaccination began on the day.
As per government data, the state has so far administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to over 1.12 crore residents, while close to 30 lakh of them have also received the second jab.