At least nine of 24 Jharkhand districts — West Singhbhum, Pakur, Lohardaga, Khunti, Godda, Giridih, Garhwa, Dhanbad and Chatra — did not report fresh cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, while 98 Covid recoveries against 75 fresh cases of infection brought the active caseload of Covid-19 in the State down to 532 on the day, figures released by the health department highlighted.
However, East Singhbhum, the second worst-affected district in terms of casualties and caseload, witnessed a spike in the active caseload for the second day in a row as 21 people were found infected by Coronavirus there and 15 patients recovered, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated.
As per the bulletin, at least 64 people were battling the viral infection in the district by the end of Wednesday.
None of the remaining 23 districts reported a double-digit-spike in cases on the day. Ranchi, the district which has reported the highest number of Covid cases so far, reported only five cases against 13 Covid recoveries on the day, which brought the active caseload here down to 72.
The Covid toll remained 5,118 as the State did not report fresh casualties on Wednesday, but the Covid mortality rate in the state remained 1.47 per cent against the national average of 1.30 per cent, Government data highlighted.
Meanwhile, the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 lost momentum in the state on Wednesday as only about 60,000 residents were administered the jabs on the day. Jharkhand vaccinated over 1 lakh residents every day on an average since July 2, when a fresh stock of six lakh vaccine doses arrived in the State.
As per NHM data, the State administered the first dose of vaccine to 38,687 residents on the day, while the second jab was administered to 19,756 beneficiaries. More than 35,000 beneficiaries were younger than 45 years.