The Covid toll in Jharkhand drew closer to 5200 on Tuesday, while the active caseload crossed the 29,000-figure mark as the State reported four casualties and close to 4,719 fresh cases in the past 24 hours, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) revealed.
As many as 4,719 Jharkhand residents, including 1,592 from Ranchi and 1,160 from East Singhbhum, tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, taking the Covid tally in the state above 3.86 lakh, a bulletin released by the NHM highlighted. As per the bulletin, the state also reported 1,692 Covid recoveries on the day and East Singhbhum and Ranchi accounted for 278 and 372 recoveries respectively.
The four deaths were reported from East Singhbhum district only, where the toll has reached 1,065. As per NHM data, Bokaro reported 189 cases against 327 recoveries on the day, while Hazaribag reported 265 cases against 30 Covid recoveries. West Singhbhum reported 98 cases, while as many as 232 people were found infected in Deoghar and 265 in Hazaribag. However, Ranchi and East Singhbhum jointly accounted for more than 60 per cent of the active cases in the state. As per government data, at least 11,165 Ranchi residents were battling the viral infection by the end of Tuesday, while 5,578 people were infected in East Singhbhum. Active caseload in Jharkhand was 29,042 by the end of Tuesday.
The state tested swab samples of 73,309 residents on the day and around 6.4 per cent of them were found infected. The daily positivity rate in the state has been higher than 10 per cent in the past couple of weeks.
The growth rate of infection in Jharkhand was 0.97 per cent against the national average of 0.31 per cent, while the doubling rate in the state was 71.85 days against the national average of 226.36 days. The mortality rate in the state was 1.33 per cent, which is less than the national Covid mortality rate of 1.40 per cent.