The number of Covid-19 cases crossed the 2,500 mark in Jharkhand on Wednesday as 35 suspects tested positive for the virus in different districts, health officials said.
With Wednesday's findings, the total count of cases of Covid-19 infection reached 2,525 in Jharkhand, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated.
As many as 1,931 of the infected patients have recovered from the infection so far, the bulletin further highlighted. Out of the 2,525 Covid cases reported in the State so far, 2,001 are migrants, the NHM bulletin said on Wednesday.
As many as 47 patients also recovered from Covid infection on Wednesday, officials from the NHM said. The number of Corona cases in the State jumped from 2,000 to 2,500 over a period of 10 days, officials said. Migrants accounted for more than 80 per cent of the fresh cases reported in the past 10 days, they added.
Jharkhand jumped from sixth position to fourth position in terms of recovery rate this week. With more patients recovering every day, the state left behind Gujarat and Odisha, officials said.
The virus has claimed 15 lives in the State and most of them, officials said, had comorbid conditions. However, no Covid deaths were reported in the State on Wednesday.
The Government has collected samples of 1.47 lakh suspects so far and tested more than 1.45 lakh of them, NHM officials said. Around 3 lakh people have been put in home quarantine in the State and over 30,000 are in institutional quarantine, Government figures said.
According to NHM, the Covid mortality rate in Jharkhand is 0.59 per cent, against the national average of 2.97 per cent. The recovery rate in the State is also better than the national average, the NHM bulletin said. The recovery rate in Jharkhand is 76.48 per cent, against the national recovery rate of 59.43 per cent. Jharkhand's Covid recovery rate, officials said, was one of the best in the country.