Jharkhand on Saturday vaccinated more than 1.15 lakh residents, including almost 85,000 beneficiaries in the age bracket of 18 years to 45 years, against Covid-19, figures released by the health department highlighted. Meanwhile, the active caseload of Covid-19 witnessed a spike in Ranchi, Dhanbad and Bokaro, government data further revealed.
As per provisional data released by the National Health Mission (NHM), as many as 92,071 residents were administered the first dose of vaccine on Saturday, while at least 24,999 received their second jab. Almost 85,000 beneficiaries inoculated on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years.
More than 20,000 residents were vaccinated at 83 session sites across Ranchi on the day, while 85 session sites inoculated over 18,000 residents in East Singhbhum, highlighted data available on the Co-Win portal. As per details available on the Co-Win platform, at least 68 session sites opened their doors for beneficiaries in Dhanbad on Saturday and more than 11,000 residents there got vaccinated.
As per NHM data, Jharkhand has so far received 1,01,66,910 Covishield and Covaxin doses from the Centre and inoculated 1,00,99,082 residents by utilizing the vaccines sent from the Centre and additional Sputnik V doses purchased separately by private hospitals.
Meanwhile, the active caseload of Covid-19 dropped further down to 221 in Jharkhand on Saturday as the state reported at least 42 Covid recoveries against 37 fresh cases of infection, the daily Covid-19 bulletin released by the NHM highlighted.
The count of active cases increased in Ranchi for the second day in a row as at least nine fresh cases were reported in the district against only five recoveries. As many as 61 people were battling the viral infection in Ranchi by the end of Saturday, stated the NHM bulletin. The active caseload also rose to 8 in Bokaro as seven fresh cases were reported there against five recoveries, while four cases against one recovery took the active caseload in Dhanbad to 22.
Jharkhand on Saturday tested swab samples of 52,947 residents and 0.06 per cent of them were found infected by coronavirus. So far, over 3.47 lakh people have been infected by the virus in the state and 98.45 per cent of them have recovered, while 1.47 per cent of patients could not survive.
At least 14 of 24 districts in Jharkhand did not report fresh Covid cases on Saturday. As per government data, East Singhbhum reported three cases against the same number of recoveries and the active caseload there remained 15. No Covid casualties were reported in the state on Saturday and the toll remained 5130, the NHM bulletin further stated.