Jharkhand on Sunday administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to as many as 53,531 residents, while the second jab was administered to 17,918 beneficiaries, figures released by the National Health Mission (NHM) highlighted. More than 50,000 beneficiaries in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years got jabbed on the day in Jharkhand.
The state also distributed 1 lakh Covishield doses among the 24 districts on the day. Ranchi got the highest share of 7000 doses from the 1 lakh Covishield vaccines distributed among the districts on Sunday, while Dhanbad and East Singhbhum received the second highest share of 6250 doses each, a report from the NHM stated. At least 4550 doses were sent to Bokaro, while Giridih received 6000 doses and 4800 doses were sent to Palamu. Meanwhile, The active caseload of Covid-19 dropped further down to 211 on Sunday as the state reported 29 Covid recoveries against 11 cases, a bulletin released by the NHM stated. At least 13 of 24 districts did not report fresh cases of infection on the day, while zero casualties occurred in the state, the bulletin highlighted. Jharkhand on Sunday tested swab samples of 45,604 residents and 0.04 per cent of them were found infected by coronavirus. So far, over 3.47 lakh people have been infected by the virus in Jharkhand and 98.46 per cent of them have recovered, while 1.47 per cent of patients could not survive. At least 11 recoveries against two cases brought the active caseload in Ranchi down to 52, while three recoveries against two cases brought the active caseload in East Singhbhum to 14. Deoghar reported the highest spike of four cases among the 24 districts in Jharkhand on the day.
The state did not report fresh cases of Covid-induced mucormycosis on Sunday. As per data compiled by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), the state has so far reported 105 confirmed and 59 suspected cases of black fungus. The fungal infection has claimed 31 lives in Jharkhand.