The active caseload of Covid-19 dropped below 500 in Ranchi on Sunday for the first time in 2021 as the district reported only eight fresh cases of Coronavirus infection against 25 Covid recoveries on the day, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) highlighted.
While at least four districts – Saraikela, Pakur, Godda and Latehar – did not report fresh cases of infection on the day, no Covid casualties were reported in the state, which brought the Covid mortality rate in Jharkhand down to 1.47 per cent, a bulletin from NHM stated. So far, Covid-19 has claimed 5,099 lives in Jharkhand.
The state on Sunday reported 138 Covid-19 cases against 181 recoveries and the active caseload dropped to 1.596.
Health officials have attributed the dip in active caseload to stringent lockdown restrictions enforced by the state government.
As per NHM data, as many as 489 Ranchi residents were battling Covid-19 in Ranchi by the end of Sunday – the highest among the 24 Jharkhand districts. West Singhbhum reported the highest spike of 32 cases on the day, which took the active caseload in the district to 57. At least 12 Covid patients recovered from the disease in West Singhbhum on Sunday.
Dhanbad reported 27 cases against 14 recoveries, while East Singhbhum reported seven cases against 17 recoveries. No Jharkhand
district reported a spike of more than 50 cases on the day. At least 22 districts in the state either did not report fresh cases or reported a single-digit-spike on Sunday, revealed government data.
The state on Sunday tested swab samples of 42,443 residents and less than 0.5 per cent of them were found infected by the deadly virus. So far, over 3.44 lakh people have been infected by Coronavirus in the state and 98.05 per cent of them have recovered.
The growth rate of infection in the state was 0.04 per cent on Sunday against the national average of 0.15 per cent, while the doubling rate in Jharkhand reached 1787.43 days against the national doubling rate of 463.64 days, the NHM stated in its bulletin.
As per data shared by the health department, the state on Sunday
administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to 1,08,030 residents and almost 80,000 of the beneficiaries fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years.
The second jab was administered to as many as 17794 beneficiaries and at least 2658 of them were in the aforementioned age bracket.