While Covid-19 recoveries outnumbered the fresh cases of infection in the past 24 hours in Jharkhand, casualties continued to haunt the state. At least three more Covid patients, all from East Singhbhum, died on Tuesday, taking the Covid toll in the state up at 931, figures compiled by the state health department highlighted.
As per government data, East Singhbhum accounts for 348 Covid casualties, the highest among all the 24 districts in Jharkhand. Ranchi has reported 187 Covid casualties so far, the second highest in the state. These two districts have reported around 60 per cent of the state’s Covid fatalities.
As per a daily bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM), at least 261 of the 16,675 people tested for Covid-19 in Jharkhand on Tuesday — roughly 1.5 per cent — were found infected by the lethal virus.
Meanwhile, as many as 343 Covid patients recovered from the viral infection on Tuesday, taking the Covid recovery rate in the state up at 96.61 per cent. The number of active cases of infection also dropped down to 2,669 on the day. As per Government data, as many as 1,02,891 Covid patients have recovered from the infection in Jharkhand since March.
The festive season has also lowered the Covid testing rate in Jharkhand, NHM figures revealed. As on Tuesday, over 18,000 swab samples, collected over the past one week, were yet to be tested. As per Government data, the Government has so far collected swab samples of 38.44 lakh people and tested 48.26 lakh of them.
At least 17 of the 24 districts in Jharkhand reported a single-digit-spike in Covid cases on Tuesday. With 86 fresh cases, Ranchi was the highest contributor to the state’s Covid caseload on the day. At least four districts — Chatra, Khunti, Koderma and Lohardaga — reported only one case each.
As many as 18 of 24 districts in the state had less than 100 active cases of Covid-19 infection. Ranchi, with 912 active cases, had the highest number of Covid-19 patients in Jharkhand, while East Singhbhum had the second highest. At least 470 people were battling the infection in East Singhbhum on Tuesday.
As per Government data, the growth rate of Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand was 0.17 per cent against the national average of 0.39 per cent. The doubling rate of Covid-19 infection in the state was 405.38 days against the national doubling rate of 178.16 days. The Covid mortality rate in the state was 0.87 per cent against the national average of 1.50 per cent, the NHM bulletin stated.