The Covid tally in Jharkhand inched towards 10,000 on Wednesday as 221 more people were found infected across the state, government data stated.
The death toll also touched triple digit figures on Wednesday as at least five patients, including three from Ranchi, lost their battle against Novel Coronavirus, a bulletin released by National Health Mission (NHM) said. As per figures with the health department, as many as 99 people have died of Covid-19 in state so far.
State's tally stood at 9894 on Wednesday. As per figures compiled by NHM, Jharkhand has witnessed an increase of at least 200 cases every day on an average in the month of July, and locals accounted for more than 70 per cent of the total cases in State.
The Covid recovery rate dropped to 41.04 per cent on Wednesday as 77 patients recovered from the viral infection, officials said. The Covid mortality rate in Jharkhand rose to 1 per cent on Wednesday owing to the five casualties reported. The national Covid mortality rate is 2.23 per cent, while the national Covid recovery rate is 64.48 per cent.
The number of active cases in State reached 5735 on Wednesday. However, the government has assured that there were surplus beds in Jharkhand for Covid patients. Health Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni recently said that around 7000 Covid beds were available across Jharkhand. Besides, hotel rooms will also be used to house patients, he added.
Ranchi, which continues to be the worst-affected district in Jharkhand, reported 27 fresh cases of infection on Wednesday. Over 100 cases surfaced in the city every day in the past one week.
The government has so far collected swab samples of 2.88 lakh people and tested 2.77 lakh of them. Around 2.4 lakh people have been put in home quarantine in Jharkhand and nearly 6000 have been sent to institutional quarantine.