At least 273 fresh cases of Covid-19 infection surfaced in Jharkhand on Saturday, taking the total count of Covid-19 cases in State to 5385, Government data stated.
The death toll also rose to 48 on Saturday as two more Covid patients, both from Dhanbad, died during treatment, health officials said.
The Covid recovery rate in Jharkhand dropped to 49.32 per cent on Saturday, while mortality rate jumped to 0.89 per cent. Notably, the Covid recovery rate in State was the fourth highest in country by the end of June, but it is much lower than the national average of 63.02 per cent now.
The number of Covid cases in State has doubled since June 30, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) highlight. By June 30, as many as 2490 cases of Covid-19 infection were reported in Jharkhand.
More than 65 per cent of State’s Covid deaths have occured in the moth of July. As per government data, the Covid toll was 15 on June 30, and it jumped to 48 by Saturday night.
Ranchi has reported the highest spike in Covid cases in the past one week, officials said. On Saturday too, at least 61 fresh cases surfaced in Ranchi, taking the total number of cases here to 666. As per government figures, there are 444 active cases of Covid infection in Ranchi, which is highest among the 24 districts in State.
The Government has so far collection samples of 2.27 lakh suspects and tested 2.12 lakh questions of them for Covid-19. Around 2.7 lakh people have been put in home quarantine in Jharkhand, while nearly 8,000 have been sent to institutional quarantine.