At least seven fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported in Jharkhand on Thursday – all from State Capital Ranchi, health officials said. Thursday's findings take the total number of coronavirus cases in State to 56, they added.
"Seven suspects tested positive for Covid-19 today (Thursday). Three of them are from Hindpiri and one from Bero in suburban Ranchi," said Health Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni. The development also takes the number of coronavirus patients in Bero to two, he added.
Out of the 56 cases reported in State so far, 33 are from Hindpiri alone – a locality that has emerged as the hotspot of coronavirus in Jharkhand. A total of 35 cases have been reported in Ranchi, which means that more than 60 per cent of Covid-19 cases in the tribal state are from the State capital.
By now, at least three Covid-19 patients in Jharkhand have died. Two of them were from Hindpiri in Ranchi and one from Bokaro. However, the second death in Ranchi has not been counted as a Covid-19 death as the woman, who died of cardiac ailments on Tuesday, tested negative for Coronavirus earlier that day, health officials said.
According to the National Health Mission (NHM), at least eight people have recovered completely from their ailments in Jharkhand so far. The report on Thursday said that most of the Covid-19 patients in Jharkhand fell in the age bracket of 31 to 50 years. At least 21 of the 53 patients reported here by 8pm are in the aforementioned age bracket. However, the recovery rate was better in patients who fell in the age bracket of 11 to 30 years, the NHM report said.
The virus also infected more men than women in Jharkhand. Out of the 53 patients here, 43 are men and remaining 10 women, the NHM report said.
Only two children below the age of 10 years were infected by the virus in Jharkhand, and one of them has recovered, it added.
By Thursday, the Government tested 5380 samples and 5327 of them came out negative, the NHM report said. Out of the 53 cases reported so far in Jharkhand, 32 are from Ranchi, 11 from Bokaro, three each from Hazaribag and Simdega, and one each from Koderma, Giridih, Garhwa and Deoghar.
One among the Covid-19 deceased here was a 75-year-old man from Bokaro and the other two were from Ranchi's Hindpiri locality, health officials said. However, technically, the number of coronavirus deaths in State is at two as one of the deceased tested negative before dying, officials said.