The active caseload of Covid-19 had a minor increase on Friday at 340 as at least 51 Covid patients recovered on the day, while 55 fresh cases of coronavirus infection surfaced in the State, the National Health Mission (NHM) stated in its daily Covid-19 bulletin.
At least nine districts — Chatra, Godda, Giridih, Hazaribag, Khunti, Pakur, Sahebganj, Saraikela and Simdega — did not report fresh Covid cases on the day, while East Singhbhum reported the highest spike of 17 cases.
As per NHM data, Ranchi reported seven cases against five recoveries, which brought the active caseload here up to 44.
At least 14 recoveries against 17 fresh cases brought the active caseload in East Singhbhum up to 51, the NHM bulletin further stated.
Jharkhand on Friday tested swab samples of 56,552 residents and about 0.09 per cent of them were found infected by novel coronavirus.
So far, over 3.46 lakh people have been infected by the deadly virus in Jharkhand and 98.42 per cent of them have recovered. However, about 1.47 per cent of the patients could not survive.
The State did not report fresh Covid casualties and the toll in the state remained 5120. Ranchi, as per Government data, Ranchi has reported 1585 Covid deaths, the highest among the districts.
On the other hand, as many as 1,040 residents have died of the viral infection in East Singhbhum.
The doubling rate of cases in the state reached 5439.82 days against the national average of 795.53 days on Friday, while the growth rate of cases in Jharkhand was 0.01 per cent against the national average of 0.09, Government data highlighted.
The vaccination campaign against Covid-19 gained pace on Thursday after fresh supplies of vaccines from the Centre. Provisional data released by the NHM highlighted that the state managed to vaccinate 1,72,639 residents on the day.
As per NHM data, the first dose of vaccines was administered to 1,11,822 residents while the second jab was administered to 60,817 beneficiaries. More than 92,182 beneficiaries in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years got jabbed on the day.