At least three more Covid-19 patients, one each from Dumka, Palamu and Hazaribag, died during treatment on Wednesday, taking the Covid toll in the State up at 1,004, figures compiled by the state health department highlighted.
Despite the three fatalities reported in the past 24 hours, the Covid mortality rate in Jharkhand remained 0.89 per cent against the national average of 1.50 per cent.
Meanwhile, fresh cases of Covid-19 infection outnumbered recoveries on the day. As per government data, as many as 190 people were found infected by the Covid-19 virus on the day, while 180 patients recovered from the infection. The Covid recovery rate in Jharkhand was 97.69 per cent against the national average of 95.20 per cent.
Only three districts – Ranchi, East Singhbhum and Bokaro– reported a double-digit-spike in cases of Covid-19 infection on the day. Ranchi reported 87 cases against 86 recoveries, while East Singhbhum reported 30 cases against 16 recoveries. At least 18 people were found infected in Bokaro, while 13 patients recovered from the infection there.
At least eight of 24 districts in Jharkhand did not report even a single case of Covid-19 infection on the day, highlighted government data.
By the end of Wednesday, there were 759 Covid patients in Ranchi and 208 in East Singhbhum. All the remaining 22 districts had less than 100 active cases. At least 1585 people were battling the viral infection in Jharkhand on Wednesday, revealed government data.
The government on Wednesday tested swab samples of 16769 people and more than 1 per cent of them were found infected.
So far, health workers have collected swab samples of 45.64 lakh people in Jharkhand and tested 45.51 lakh of them. Around 13,000 swab samples were pending for tests.
As per Government data, the growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.14 per cent against the national average of 0.24 per cent.
The doubling rate of infection in Jharkhand was 484.16 days against the national average of 288.70 days.