State’s first Chief Minister and BJP legislative party leader Babulal Marandi on Friday revealed that he has tested positive for the coronavirus infection. Marandi disclosing the information appealed that those who came in contact with him in past few weeks should get tested.
Hours after Marandi addressed party workers through virtual rally on the occasion on 104th birth anniversary of BJP ideologue Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay today reveled about his infection. Marandi’s personal assistant (PA) Rajendra Tiwari too has tested corona positive.
BJP state president Deepak Prakash after receiving information about Marandi’s infection has wished for speedy recovery of Marandi. Prior to Marandi several political leaders have won the battle after they were tested positive. Recently, JMM supremo Shibu Soren too tested corona positive and was admitted at Medanta hospital in Gurugram after he tested positive for SARS-Cov-2.
The septuagenarian leader had breathing problems and was admitted to Medanta, Ranchi, on August 24 after he tested positive for coronavirus on August 21. His wife Roopi Soren tested positive as well for the virus. Several others posted at his official residence in Ranchi too tested positive.
Apart from Soren, State leaders who have won the battle against infection includes minister Mithilesh Thakur, senior BJP leader CP Singh, former deputy chief minister Sudesh Mahto and others.
Meanwhile, Jharkhand’s Covid-19 caseload rose to 77,709 on Friday as 1261 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said. Six more patients succumbed to the infection, taking the state’s coronavirus death toll to 661, he said.
Jharkhand now has 12533 active Covid 19 cases, while 64 515 people have been cured of the disease so far, the official said. On Friday, 1261 people tested positive while at the same time 1270 people recovered from infection. The six deaths which were reported today -- two each from East and West Singhbhum and one each from Godda and Dhanbad districts.
The state recovery rate too has gone up to 83.02 per cent, while the national recovery rate is 81.70 per cent. The state mortality rate is .84 per cent while national mortality rate is 1.60 per cent.
Meanwhile, Ranchi district administration is constantly testing people by making testing centers for control of Covid-19. On Saturday, sample collection work will be done in the testing centers set up at 25 places. Sample collection work will be done in all centers from 10:00 am to 06:00 pm. At these centers, people can submit their swab sample for Covid-19 tests.
All the information including name, address, station name, mobile number is required to be entered accurately for investigation. Wearing masks is a must for those coming to sample swabs at the testing center for the Covid 19 tests, as well as urging people to comply with social distancing and other safety standards at the testing center to reduce the risk of infection.