The active caseload of Covid-19 dropped below 100 in Ranchi on Tuesday, while at least half of the 24 districts in Jharkhand did not report fresh cases of infection, figures released by the health department highlighted.
At least 55 people were found infected by the lethal virus in Jharkhand on the day, while 108 Covid patients recovered. As many as 12 districts — West Singhbhum, Simdega, Saraikela, Pakur, Lohardaga, Khunti, Hazaribag, Godda, Giridih, Garhwa, Dumka and Chatra — did not report fresh cases
of Covid-19 on the day, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) revealed.
After Tuesday’s developments, none of the 24 districts had an active caseload in triple digits, while at least four districts — Ramgarh, Pakur, Godda and Garhwa — had less than ten Covid patients, data compiled by the NHM highlighted.
As the NHM bulletin, Ranchi reported five Covid cases against 25 recoveries on Tuesday, which brought the active caseload in the district to 80.
East Singhbhum reported a spike of 17 cases and the active caseload there rose to 59 as only 12 patients recovered from coronavirus infection there. The active caseload in Jharkhand dropped to 555 on the day.
The State on Tuesday tested swab samples of 65,991 residents and only 0.8 per cent of them were found infected by coronavirus.
As per Government data, over 3.46 lakh people have been infected by the virus in Jharkhand so far and 98.36 per cent of them have recovered.
However, another Covid patient, a resident of East Singhbhum, died during treatment on Tuesday, taking the toll in the district to 1,039 and that in Jharkhand to 5,118. The State has so far reported a Covid mortality rate of 1.47 per cent.
The doubling rate of Covid-19 reached close to 4,000 days in Jharkhand on Tuesday, while the growth rate remained 0.02 per cent against the national average of 0.10 per cent.
As per Government data, it would take at least 3,920.44 days for the number of Covid cases to double in the state at the current growth rate. The national doubling rate was 710.58 days.
Meanwhile, the State administered vaccines against Covid-19 to over 1 lakh beneficiaries for the third day in a row on Tuesday.
As per Government data, the first dose was administered to 9,88,878 residents, while 41,330 beneficiaries received the second jab. More than 80,000 of the beneficiaries were younger than 45 years.
The State distributed 13,080 doses of Covaxin among the 24 districts on Tuesday and had 2,52,270 doses of vaccines in stock before the vaccination centres opened on Tuesday.