Jharkhand on Monday vaccinated nearly 1.5 lakh residents against Covid-19 as almost 1,500 session sites remained operational across the State, figures released by the National Health Mission (NHM) highlighted.
As per provisional data compiled by the NHM, the State on Monday administered the first dose of vaccine to 1,17,313 residents, while the second jab was administered to at least 40,942 beneficiaries. Over 1.17 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated against Covid-19 on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years.
Meanwhile, the active caseload of Covid-19 dropped further down to 165 on Monday as the State reported at least 30 Covid recoveries against 18 fresh cases of infection, a separate bulletin from NHM stated.
While at least 18 of 24 districts did not report fresh cases of infection, Ranchi reported the highest spike of 12 cases. However, at least 16 patients also recovered from the viral infection in this district, bringing the active caseload here down to 81.
Figures available on the Co-Win data highlighted that at least 80 session sites, including eight private ones, were operational in Ranchi and nearly 20,000 residents were inoculated here. In East Singhbhum, over 100 vaccination centres opened their doors and more than 21,000 residents were vaccinated there, while
Dhanbad inoculated close to 13,000 residents as 70 session sites remained operational in this district, Co-Win data highlighted.
According to a details shared by the health department on Monday evening, the State has so far administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to more than 93 lakh residents, while over 23 lakh of these residents have also received the second jab.
As per figures compiled by the NHM, the state had at least 1,67,780 doses of Covaxin and 4,32,220 Covishield doses in stock before the session sites opened their doors on Monday. The state had roughly 4.5 lakh vaccine doses in stock by the end of Monday.
Jharkhand did not report fresh cases of Covid-induced mucormycosis on the day and the black fungus toll also remained 31. As per data compiled by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), Jharkhand had 21 active cases of black fungus by the end of Monday. The state has reported 167 cases of the fungal infection and 115 of the patients have recovered.