The active caseload of Covid-19 dropped below the 1,900-mark in Jharkhand on Friday, while two more patients died, taking the Covid toll in the State to 5,097, figures released by the National Health Mission (NHM) highlighted.
As per a bulletin from the NHM, at least 141 people tested positive for Covid-19 on the day while 274 patients recovered from the infection, bringing the active caseload in the State down to 1,811.
No Jharkhand district reported a spike of more than 20 cases on Friday. With 19 fresh cases, Ranchi reported the highest spike on the day with zero recoveries, bringing the active caseload up to 547 in the district. At least two districts — Deoghar and Dumka — did not report fresh cases of Covid-19 on Friday. As per NHM data, there were 35 Covid patients in Dumka by the end of Friday.
Ranchi and East Singhbhum recorded one Covid casualties each on the day. As per Government records, at least 1,584 people have died of Covid-19 in Ranchi, while the toll in East Singhbhum was 1,032. The Covid mortality rate in the State was 1.48 per cent on Friday, higher than the national average of 1.30 per cent, the NHM stated in its bulletin.
As many as 39 Covid recoveries against 18 cases brought the active caseload in East Singhbhum down to 200, the bulletin from NHM highlighted. Ranchi, the district with highest number of active cases in Jharkhand, reported 19 cases against zero recoveries, which brought the active caseload here up to 547.
Among other districts, Bokaro reported six cases against 13 recoveries, while Gumla reported 18 cases against zero recoveries. As many as nine people were found infected by Coronavirus in Saraikela and seven Covid patients recovered there.
So far, over 3.44 lakh people have been infected by coronavirus in the State and 97.95 per cent of them have recovered. The doubling rate of cases in the State jumped to 1,726.77 days against the national doubling rate of 444.93 days on Friday.
The State on Friday tested swab samples of 39,496 residents and less than 0.5 per cent of them were found infected by novel coronavirus.
The growth rate of Covid-19 dropped further down to 0.04 per cent in Jharkhand on the day against the national average of 0.16 per cent, NHM data highlighted.