Nearly 1,500 people tested positive for Covid-19 virus on Sunday in Jharkhand, taking the Covid tally in the state above 70,000, figures released by the health department highlighted.
As per Government data, while 1,492 cases of infection surfaced across Jharkhand on Sunday, the state did not report even a single Covid casualty on the day. However, as many as 13,791 people were still battling the infection by the time this report was filed on Sunday late night.
At least 617 people of died of Covid infection in the state so far, and East Singhbhum accounts for 268 of them, highlights Government data.
The Covid mortality rate in the State stood at 0.86 per cent against the national average of 1.60 per cent.
Ranchi reported nearly 500 cases of infection on Sunday, while only 128 Covid patients recovered here, taking the count of active cases in the district close to 3,500. As per a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM), there were 3474 active cases of infection in Ranchi after 468 people were found infected in 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the number of active cases reduced in East Singhbhum after 371 patients recovered against 129 fresh cases surfacing in 24 hours. However, there were over 2500 active cases in the district despite the healthy recovery rate. As per the NHM bulletin, as many as 2,563 people were battling the virus in the district.
As many as 1235 Covid patients recovered from the infection on Sunday, taking the total count of Covid recoveries in the state to 56,944 and the Covid recovery rate to 79.80 per cent, data with the health department stated.
The Government has so far collected swab samples of 1.77 lakh people and tested 1.76 lakh of them. Out of the 1.76 lakh tested, as many as 71,352 were found Covid positive. On Sunday, health workers tested swab samples of 81,169 people and 79,677 of them were found to be Covid negative.
As per figures with the health department, nearly 75 per cent of the 600-odd Covid victims in Jharkhand were older than 50 years, and a majority of them were already suffering from comorbid health conditions when they got infected by the mysterious virus.
The virus has also killed as many as 129 people in the age bracket of 31 to 50 years, and many of the victims did not have a severe comorbid condition, health officials said.