New Covid-19 cases continued to count below 100 mark in Jharkhand with the infection rate dipping down across the State. As per NHM data, Jharkhand has tested 1,00,84,282 swab samples so far and 3,45,794 of them, about 3.3 per cent, were found
Covid positive. On Friday, the State tested 48,687 swab samples and 88 of them, around 0.18 per cent, were found infected by Novel coronavirus, the NHM highlighted in its Covid bulletin.
The active caseload in the State dropped to 831 on the day as at least 111 Covid patients recovered from the infection, the bulletin further stated.
At least six districts — Chatra, Dumka, Giridih, Hazaribag, Lohardaga and Pakur — did not report fresh cases of Covid-19 on Friday, while Ranchi and East Singhbhum reported 14 and 10 cases respectively, the NHM data highlighted. The active caseload in Ranchi came up to 227 as at least ten patients recovered here on the day. As many as 18 patients recovered in East Singhbhum, bringing the active caseload there down to 91.
The state on Friday did not report fresh Covid casualties. As per Government data, as many as 5,113 Jharkhand residents have died of the viral infection so far and 1,584 of the deceased were from Ranchi. At least 1,036 people have died of Covid-19 in East Singhbhum, while the Covid toll in the remaining 22 districts was less than 1,000.
As per Government data, the growth rate of Covid cases in Jharkhand was 0.02 per cent against the national average of 0.11 per cent on Friday. Of the over 3.45 lakh people infected by coronavirus in the State, 98.27 per cent have recovered and 1.47 per cent could
not survive.
While the active caseload and growth rate of Covid-19 continued to drop, the State had to administer less than 23,020 jabs of vaccines against the virus owing to a shortage of doses on Friday. As per Government data, the first dose of vaccine was administered to 18,166 residents and the second dose to 4,854 beneficiaries..