Jharkhand on Monday vaccinated close to 1.80 lakh residents against Covid-19 as at least 1,856 session sites remained operational across the state from morning to evening, data compiled by the health department highlighted.
As per provisional data released by the National Health Mission (NHM), the state on Monday administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to as many as 1,22,354 residents, while the second jab was administered to at least 57,210 beneficiaries. Nearly 1.30 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years.
East Singhbhum vaccinated over 25,000 residents on the day, the highest among the 24 districts in Jharkhand.
At least 187 session sites were operational there. On the other hand, at least 20,000 beneficiaries got vaccinated in Ranchi as 87 session sites remained operational here. About 8,000 residents got vaccinated in Dhanbad, where at least 147 session sites opened their doors for vaccine beneficiaries on Monday.
According to a Press communique released by the health department on Monday evening, Jharkhand has so far administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to more than 1.18 crore residents and at least 31.58 lakh of them have also received the second jab.
Meanwhile, the active caseload of Covid-19 dropped further down to 117 as the state reported at least 16 Covid recoveries against six fresh cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection, a separate bulletin from NHM stated.
Ranchi reported at least five of the six cases, but the count of active cases here dropped as at least six Covid patients recovered in the district. East Singhbhum reported one Covid cases against five recoveries and the active caseload there dropped to five, the NHM bulletin further highlighted.
As per NHM data, barring Ranchi and East Singhbhum none of the remaining 22 districts reported fresh Covid cases on the day.
The State on Monday tested swab samples of 46,881 residents and 0.01 per cent of them were found infected by coronavirus.
So far, more than 3.48 lakh residents have tested positive for Covid-19 in Jharkhand and 98.48 per cent of them have recovered, while 1.47 per cent of the patients could not survive. As per Government data, at least nine of 24 districts had zero active cases of Covid-19 by the end of Monday.