For the first time in the second wave of pandemic, the city reported only seven new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours. The city recorded seven new Covid-19 cases while 17 patients recovered of the virus and zero death was reported as the number of active patients remained below 200 in East Singhbhum district, health bulletin said.
With this, the overall number of positive cases reached 51,412 in Jamshedpur, according to East Singhbhum Health Department data for a 24-hour period.
The death toll stood at 1,046 in Jamshedpur with zero death recorded during the day, the data showed. The positivity rate of Covid-19 cases in Jamshedpur is around 0.18 per cent after East Singhbhum conducted over 3900 tests in the last 24 hours.
The Steel City tested 3986 samples, of which, 7 turned out positive while 17 people recovered from the Covid-19. The continuous high number of tests have pushed the positivity rate further down to 0.18 per cent, the government data showed.
One 1,000 people have now been lost to COVID-19 in Jamshedpur alone and many more continue to suffer because of the pandemic. It may be a difficult moment for the steel city but there are glimmers of hope that encourage its people to fight back.
The overall Covid-19 positivity rate continues to decline in the city, raising hope that the worst of the second wave is over. However, Dr Rajan Choudhry, advisor, and former general manager, medical services, Tata Steel reiterates that despite the fall people should continue to avoid crowding, wear masks and follow social distancing. This will reduce the chances of spread of the virus. If we remain serious about the protocols the virus will further reduce significantly.
Jamshedpur remains a hotbed of coronavirus with total cases crossing 51,000 mark and death toll to 1046. The district has been worst affected in the State in both the first and second wave of the pandemic.