n Jharkhand on Friday vaccinated more than 1.79 lakh residents against Covid-19, taking the total count of those at least partially vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 virus in the state close to 1.30 crore, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) revealed.
As per provisional data released by the NHM, as many as 1,15,343 residents were administered the first dose of vaccine on Friday, while 63,895 beneficiaries were administered the booster dose of vaccine. More than 1,30,573 beneficiaries inoculated on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years, NHM data highlighted.
About 22,759 beneficiaries were vaccinated in Ranchi on the day, the highest among the 24 districts in Jharkhand. Bokaro administered vaccines against Covid-19 to about 14,857 residents, while 20,005 beneficiaries were vaccinated in East Singhbhum. Dhanbad, on the other hand, inoculated at least 18,955 residents.
At least 1824 session sites, including 159 in Gumla alone, remained operational across the state on Friday. As many as 125 session sites were operational in East Singhbhum, 89 in Ranchi and 91 in Dhanbad. At least 69 session sites, mostly government-run ones, opened their doors for vaccine beneficiaries in Bokaro on the day.
Meanwhile, the active caseload of Covid-19 in Jharkhand rose to 72 on Friday as the state reported at least 12 fresh cases of coronavirus infection against 5 Covid recoveries, a separate bulletin from NHM stated.
Ranchi alone reported 10 of the 12 fresh cases and the active caseload of Covid-19 here jumped to 40 as only three Covid patients recovered in the district. Deoghar and Jamtara reported one fresh case each on the day.