More than 1.40 lakh residents were vaccinated against Covid-19 in Jharkhand on Sunday, while at least 20 Covid recoveries against two fresh cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection brought the active caseload of the disease down to 56, figures released by the health department highlighted.
As per provisional data compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM), the state on Sunday administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to as many as 94,462 residents, while the second jab was administered to at least 46,163 beneficiaries. More than 1 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years.
More than 27,000 residents were administered the vaccine in East Singhbhum, the highest among the 24 districts in Jharkhand. Ranchi, on the other hand, vaccinated over 25,000 residents, the second highest among the districts. About 12,000 beneficiaries got vaccinated in Dhanbad on the day. At least 1484 session sites remained operational across Jharkhand on Sunday.
Ranchi and Lohardaga reported one case each of Covid-19 on the day, while Ranchi alone reported 19 of the 20 Covid recoveries, which brought the active caseload here down to 27, a separate bulletin from NHM stated.