Almost half of Jharkhand's 24 districts did not report even a single case of Covid-19 infection on Friday, but Ranchi saw an upward trend in the number of active cases as fewer recoveries than fresh cases were reported here, figures compiled by the state health department highlighted.
While as many as 11 districts, including West Singhbhum, Simdega, Saraikela and Sahebganj, did not report fresh cases of Covid-19 infection on the day, Ranchi reported at least 81 cases against 77 recoveries. The number of Covid-19 patients reached 752 in Ranchi and 1587 in Jharkhand after Friday's findings.
At least 168 people were found infected by the deadly virus in the state in the past 24 hours, while 176 patients recovered during the same period, revealed a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM). However, no casualties triggered by Covid-19 infection occured on the day, the bulletin added.
East Singhbhum on Friday reported 21 cases against 22 recoveries, while Dhanbad reported 18 cases against 24 recoveries, highlighted government data. At least 16 people were found infected in Bokaro, while seven patients recovered there.
The Government tested swab samples of 12,219 people on the day and more than 1 per cent of them were found infected. So far, the government has collected swab samples of 47.21 lakh people and tested 47.09 lakh of them. Health workers on Friday collected swab samples of only 10,345 people.
As per government data, the Covid recovery rate in the state was 97.71 per cent against the national average of 95.80 per cent. The growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.14 per cent against the national growth rate of 0.20 per cent. As per figures with the NHM, it would take 499.75 days for the cases to double in Jharkhand. The doubling rate in India was 342.73 days.