At least 141 Jharkhand residents died of Covid-19 on Saturday, taking the Covid toll in the state to 3756 and the mortality rate up at 1.33 per cent against the national average of 1.10 per cent, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) highlighted.
While the Covid mortality rate continued to rise on Saturday, the growth rate of infection witnessed a marginal dip as the different between fresh cases and Covid recoveries narrowed. As per a bulletin released by the NHM, at least 6112 people were found infected by Coronavirus on Saturday while 5953 Covid patients recovered on the day. The state’s Covid growth rate of 2.07 per cent was, however, higher than the national average of 1.35 per cent.
Ranchi, the worst-affected district in terms of caseload and fatalities, witnessed a drop in active cases on Saturday as at least 1033 patients recovered from the viral infection here against 836 fresh cases reported on the day. The district, however, reported 42 of the 141 deaths on the day – the highest among the 24 districts in Jharkhand. As per government data, the district had 19,713 active cases by Saturday night and the toll here had reached 1173.
East Singhbhum, on the other hand reported 1025 cases against 911 recoveries. As many as 25 Covid patients also lost their battle against Covid-19 there on the day, taking the toll in the district to 800, the NHM bulletin stated. As per NHM data, as many as 5,886 East Singhbhum residents were battling the viral infection by the end of Saturday.