Jharkhand on Friday vaccinated more than 1.54 lakh residents against Covid-19 as at least 1,616 session sites remained operational across the State from morning to evening, figures released by the health department highlighted.
Meanwhile, at least 16 fresh cases of Covid-19 against 28 recoveries took the count of active Covid cases to 142 in the State, a bulletin from the National Health Mission (NHM) stated.
As per this bulletin, Ranchi reported 8 of 16 cases and the active caseload here came to 87 as 15 Covid patients recovered from the viral infection in this district. West Singhbhum, East Singhbhum and Dhanbad reported two Covid cases each, while 18 of 24 districts did not report fresh Covid cases. No fresh Covid casualties were reported on the day.
As per provisional data shared by the NHM, the state on Friday administered the first dose of vaccine to at least 1,07,604 residents, while the second jab was administered to as many as 47,049 beneficiaries. More than 1.12 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years, a document released by the NHM stated.
More than 19,382 residents got vaccinated against Covid-19 on Friday in East Singhbhum, the highest among the 24 districts. As per Government data, Dhanbad also vaccinated about 18,636 residents on the day.
According to a press communique shared by the health department on Friday evening, the state has so far administered the first dose of vaccine to about 1.16 crore residents and almost 30.5 lakh of them have also received the second jab.
Jharkhand on Friday tested swab samples of 41,830 residents and 0.02 per cent of them were found infected by SARS-COV-2 virus. The state has so far reported over 3.48 lakh Covid cases and 98.48 per cent of patients have recovered from the disease.