Jharkhand on Sunday vaccinated about 1.20 lakh residents against Covid-19 as at least 1,386 session sites remained operational across the state from morning to evening, data compiled by the health department highlighted.
As per provisional figures released by the National Health Mission (NHM), as many as 73,700 residents were administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 on the day, while at least 46,961 residents got the second dose. More than 85,000 beneficiaries inoculated on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years.
Meanwhile, the active caseload of Covid-19 dropped to 80 in Jharkhand as the state reported five fresh cases of coronavirus infection against seven Covid recoveries, a separate bulletin from NHM stated.
At least four Covid recoveries against three cases of infection brought the active caseload in Ranchi down to 45, while at least 21 of 24 districts in the state did not report fresh Covid cases, the NHM stated in its bulletin. Sahebganj and Jamtara reported one fresh case of SARS-CoV-2 infection each.