The active caseload of the Covid 19 disease reached 113 on Monday as fresh cases of coronavirus infection outnumbered Covid recoveries, figures compiled by the health department highlighted.
A bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM), the State on Monday reported at least 13 fresh Covid cases against only eight recoveries, and the active caseload reached 113. Jharkhand, however, did not report any casualties caused by the viral infection on the day.
Notably, 13 fresh Covid cases against six recoveries took the active caseload in Ranchi to 50, West Singhbhum and Dhanbad districts reported one case each, The NHM data highlighted. Also, 21 out of 24 districts in Jharkhand did not have active cases of Covid-19 by the end of Monday.
As per government records, more than 1.41 crore residents in Jharkhand have received at least one dose of vaccine against Covid-19 and at least 44 lakh of them have also received the booster dose.
The state on Monday tested swab samples of as many as 40,086 residents and 0.06 per cent of them were found infected by SARS-CoV-2 virus. So far, over 3.48 lakh people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the state and 98.49 per cent of them have recovered, while 1.47 per cent of patients could not survive.