More than 70 per cent of the 78 people found infected by the Covid-19 virus in Jharkhand on Saturday were residents of Ranchi, figures compiled by the state health department highlighted. While Ranchi reported 55 fresh cases of infection on the day, it also accounted for 105 of the 177 Covid patients who recovered on the day, government data further revealed.
Saturday’s findings brought the number of active cases of Covid-19 infection below 900, but the count of Covid casualties rose to 1061 as one more patient in Ranchi breathed his last. As per a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM), as many as 878 people were battling the viral infection in Jharkhand by Saturday evening.
As per the bulletin, as many as 445 of the 878 Covid patients, more than 50 per cent, were from Ranchi, while 106 of them were from East Singhbhum. All the remaining 22 districts had less than 100 active cases of Covid-19 infection.
At least 12 of 24 districts in Jharkhand did not report fresh cases of infection on Saturday. Among the remaining 12 districts, only Ranchi reported a double-digit-spike. East Singhbhum reported four cases against 19 recoveries, while Dhanbad reported five cases against eight recoveries on the day. Only one person was found infected in Bokaro and five patients recovered there, stated the NHM bulletin.
The Government on Saturday tested swab samples of 11,643 people and less than 1 per cent of them were found infected. So far, Jharkhand has collected swab samples of 51.41 lakh people and tested 51.26 lakh of them. The Covid tally in Jharkhand was 118232 by the end of Saturday and more than 98 per cent of these patients have recovered.
As per Government data, the growth rate of the viral infection in Jharkhand was 0.07 per cent against the national average of 0.11 per cent.
The doubling rate of infection in Jharkhand was 1048.24 days against the national average of 628.46 days.
Of the 1,061 people who have died of the viral infection in Jharkhand so far, 356 were from East Singhbhum and 229 from Ranchi.
The Covid mortality rate in Jharkhand was 0.89 per cent against the national average of 1.40 per cent.