Jharkhand on Wednesday achieved the highest ever single-day vaccination numbers with the daily vaccination figure crossing the 2-lakh-mark for the first time in the state since the launch of the immunisation drive on January 16, figures released by the health department highlighted.
While the vaccination drive gained momentum on the day, the active caseload of Covid-19 also witnessed a rise as fresh cases of coronavirus infection outnumbered Covid recoveries.
A bulletin from the National Health Mission (NHM) stated that at least 27 fresh cases of infection surfaced in Jharkhand on the day while 20 Covid patients recovered. The active caseload reached 137 on Wednesday, as per the NHM bulletin.
As per provisional data compiled by the NHM, the state on Wednesday administered the first dose of vaccine to as many as 1,56,672 residents, while the second jab was administered to at least 48,820 beneficiaries.
In totality, the State administered vaccines to 2,05,492 residents, the highest ever in a day. More than 1.50 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years, NHM data revealed.
Data shared by the NHM reflected that at least 1956 session sites remained operational across Jharkhand on Wednesday. As per this data, as many as 88 session sites opened their doors in Ranchi on the day and 17,482 residents were vaccinated here. On the other hand, 26,491 residents were vaccinated in East Singhbhum, where 116 session sites were operational. At least 14,960 beneficiaries got vaccinated in Dhanbad on the day
as 84 session sites remained operational there.
Meanwhile, the count of active cases of Covid-19 jumped to 82 in Ranchi as the district reported at least 15 Covid cases against
five recoveries.
The active caseload also rose to eight in East Singhbhum as at least eight people were found infected by coronavirus there and only two patients recovered from the infection on the day. Dhanbad, Chatra and Bokaro reported two cases each, while none of the remaining 19 districts reported fresh Covid cases on Wednesday, as per the NHM bulletin.
As per figures shared by the health department on Wednesday evening, the state had 9,79,910 vaccine doses in stock before the session sites opened their doors on the day. As per this data, at least 7.42 lakh Covishield doses and 2.36 lakh Covaxin doses were available in stock. The State has so far administered the first dose of vaccine to over 1 crore residents and at least 26 lakh of them have also received their second jab.