Jharkhand on Tuesday vaccinated nearly 1.80 lakh residents against Covid-19, taking the total count of such residents who have received at least one dose of the vaccine over 1.28 crore, figures compiled by the health department highlighted.
As per provisional figures released by the National Health Mission (NHM), the state on Tuesday administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to as many as 1,14,058 residents, while the booster dose of the vaccine was administered to at least 63,858 beneficiaries. More than 1.25 lakh Jharkhand residents vaccinated on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years.
As many as 1751 session sites remained operational in Jharkhand from morning to evening with each of them vaccinating about 100 residents on an average. Almost 25,000 beneficiaries were administered vaccine doses in Ranchi on the day, the highest among the 24 districts in Jharkhand. More than 20,000 residents were vaccinated in East Singhbhum, the second highest among the districts, while early 20,000 beneficiaries got vaccinated in Dhanbad.
According to a press communique from the health department, Jharkhand has so far administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to as many as 1,28,15,894 residents and at least 36 lakh of them have also received the second jab.
Meanwhile, the active caseload of Covid-19 jumped to 65 as the state reported at least 14 fresh cases of coronavirus infection against only four Covid recoveries, a separate bulletin from NHM stated. Ranchi, East Singhbhum and West Singhbhum reported four cases each and the active caseload increased in all the three districts. Bokaro and Latehar reported one case each.
Four Covid cases against two recoveries took the active caseload in Ranchi to 29, while the count of active cases in East Singhbhum rose to seven as the district reported only one Covid recovery against the four fresh cases of infection on the day. West Singhbhum reported zero Covid recoveries and the active caseload there rose to four from zero.
The state on Tuesday tested swab samples of as many as 38,767 residents and 0.03 per cent of them were found infected by SARS-CoV-2 virus. As per government data, over 3.48 lakh residents have tested positive for Covid-19 in Jharkhand so far and 98.50 per cent of them have recovered, while 1.47 per cent of patients could not survive.
The count of Covid cases dropped for several days in a row until Tuesday. The positivity rate in the past one week was also lower than 0.02 %, but exceeded 0.03% on Tuesday.