The active caseload of Covid-19 crossed the 150-mark in Jharkhand on Thursday as fresh cases of Coronavirus infection outnumbered Covid recoveries in the state for the third consecutive day, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) highlighted.
At least 27 fresh Covid cases against 12 Covid recoveries took the active Covid caseload in the state to 154, a bulletin from NHM stated. Ranchi alone accounted for 18 cases on the day and the active caseload here jumped to 94 as only six patients recovered from the viral infection in this district.
The State on Thursday tested swab samples of 49,950 residents and 0.05 per cent of them were found infected by SARS-CoV-2, indicating a rise in the daily positivity rate of Covid-19. As per government data, over 3.48 Jharkhand residents have been infected by coronavirus so far and 98.48 per cent of them have recovered, while 1.47 per cent of patients could not survive.
At least 20 of 24 districts did not report fresh Covid cases on the day. Dhanbad reported four cases against one recovery, while East Sighbhum reported two cases and the same number of recoveries. At least three people were found infected in Deoghar, while no patient recovered from the viral infection there.
While the trajectory of active Covid cases continued to see an upward trend, the vaccination numbers in Jharkhand could not cross the 1-lakh-mark on Thursday.
As per a report from the NHM, Jharkhand on Thursday administered the first dose of vaccine to as many as 57,539 residents, while the second jab was administered to at least 22,200 beneficiaries. Nearly 60,000 beneficiaries vaccinated on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years.
Ranchi vaccinated about 11,000 residents on the day, the highest among the 24 districts in Jharkhand, NHM data highlighted. At least 88 session sites opened their doors for vaccine beneficiaries here, while only 31 session sites remained operational in Bokaro, the district which inoculated around 7000 residents, the second highest among Jharkhand districts.
According to a press communique from the health department, Jharkhand has so far administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to over 1.14 crore residents and around 30 lakh of them have also received the second jab.
The state, as per government records, had at least 15.38 lakh vaccine doses in stock before the session sites opened their doors on Thursday. As per government data, there were 1.5 lakh Covaxin doses and 13.87 lakh Covishield doses in stock before vaccination began on Thursday.