Jharkhand on Wednesday vaccinated more than 1.90 lakh residents against Covid-19, while the active caseload of the disease dropped to 63 as the State reported at least nine Covid recoveries against seven fresh cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection, figures compiled by the health department highlighted.
As per provisional data released by the National Health Mission, as many as 1,27,787 residents were administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 in the State, while at least 70,398 beneficiaries got the second jab. More than 1.40 lakh beneficiaries inoculated on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years.
At least 21,000 residents were vaccinated in Dhanbad, the highest among the 24 districts in Jharkhand, on the day, highlighted NHM data. As per this data, Ranchi inoculated over 20,000 beneficiaries on Wednesday, while about 19,000 residents got vaccinated in East Singhbhum.
Ranchi and Bokaro reported two fresh cases of coronavirus infection on the day, while Jamtara, West Singhbhum and Dhanbad reported one Covid case each, stated a bulletin from NHM.
With at least three Covid recoveries reported on the day, the active caseload of Covid-19 dropped to 27 in Ranchi. The count of active cases dropped to five in East Singhbhum as the district reported zero cases against two Covid recoveries.