Covid-19 virus claimed nine more lives in Jharkhand on Sunday, taking the total number of Covid casualties in the state to 679, figures released by the health department stated.
Meanwhile, nearly 1,000 people from across Jharkhand were found infected by the lethal virus on Sunday, taking the Covid tally close to 80,000. As per a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM), at least 226 of the 974 Covid cases that surfaced on Sunday were from East Singhbhum, while 214 of them were from Ranchi. The number of active cases, however, dropped in East Singhbhum as 303 Covid patients recovered from the infection there.
Among the nine Covid patients who died on Sunday, at least four were from East Singhbhum, a district which accounts for 291 of state’s 679 Covid casualties, government data highlighted. As per government data, Bokaro reported two deaths while Ranchi, Khunti and Hazaribag reported one death each.
The number of active cases of infection rose above 4000 on Sunday after cases outnumbering recoveries for the third consecutive day here. As per government data, as many as 4016 people were battling the viral infection in Ranchi on Sunday after only 153 recoveries were reported against 214 cases on the day.
The Government has so far collected swab samples of 20.71 lakh people in Jharkhand and tested 20.59 lakh of them.
Of the 20.59 lakh people tested for the virus, as many as 79,909 were found Covid positive. On Sunday, health workers tested swab samples of 22,342 people and 21,368 of them came negative.
As per government data, Jharkhand has one of the best Covid recovery rates in India. Of the 80,000-odd people found infected in the state so far, at least 66,797 have recovering, taking the Covid recovery rate in Jharkhand to 83.59 per cent.
The national Covid recovery rate, as per government figures, was 82.40 per cent on Sunday.
Despite the nine casualties reported on Sunday, Jharkhand’s Covid mortality rate was 0.84 per cent, which is lower than the national average of 1.60 per cent. As per government data, the doubling rate of Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand was 42.8 days against the national doubling rate of 47.25 days. In the past seven days, Covid infection grew in Jharkhand at the rate of 1.63 per cent.
As per data compiled by the NHM, at least 502 of the 679 Covid victims in Jharkhand were older than 50 years. As many as 137 Covid victims were in the age bracket of 31 to 50 years, while 31 victims were below the age of 30 years.