Jharkhand witnessed a spike in the active caseload of Covid-19 on Thursday after a sustained drop in cases reported in the past couple of weeks. As per a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM), at least 56 people, including 19 from Garhwa alone, tested positive for Covid-19 on the day, while only 34 patients recovered from the viral infection. The active caseload in the state reached 259 on Thursday.
At least seven districts, including Ranchi, saw a spike in the active caseload on the day. As per NHM data, at least 11 cases against six recoveries took the active caseload in Ranchi to 46, while nine cases against four recoveries took the active caseload in Bokaro to 26. Garhwa reported zero recoveries on the day and the number of patients there jumped to 20.
The state, however, did not report fresh Covid casualties on Thursday and the Covid toll remained 5126. Jharkhand tested samples of 60,755 residents on the day and 0.09 per cent of them were found infected. The state reported an average positivity rate of 0.06 or less in the past one week or so, which increased on Thursday.
The state on Thursday vaccinated over 1.6 lakh residents against Covid-19, the highest in a day this month, taking the total count of those inoculated in the state closer to the 1 crore mark, provisional figures released by the health department highlighted.
As per data compiled by the health department, the state on Thursday administered the first dose of vaccine to 1,23,989 residents, while the second jab was administered to 39,926 beneficiaries.