Jharkhand has passed the peak period of the third wave of the Covid 19 pandemic during the second week of this month, after which the cases started falling. But, health experts have warned that any relaxation or compromise with the Covid appropriate behaviour may trigger the spread of the virus.
The health experts have said that a low mortality rate, beds in hospitals less occupied this time doesn’t mean that the pandemic has reduced to the level of the common cases of cough and fever.
They have pointed out that from 20 December 2021 till January 22, as many as 102 people lost their lives. However, more than 50 per cent of cases are related to comorbidity where the deceased was suffering from one or other diseases. Fifty five deceased persons are those who were above the 60s, whereas 14 patients belonged to the age group of 45 and 59. Rest are from different age groups. Notably, in the last one week, over 40 deaths due to Covid-19 have been reported.
Dr. Prabhat, who is a member of the State task force on Covid control said that Jharkhand has crossed the peak period but the danger continues. On January 8, the highest number of cases, 5081 was recorded in Jharkhand. On January 12, a total of 4753 cases were reported which reduced to 3000 on January 16. But there is no comfort since cases continue to haunt.
For instance, on Saturday, a total of 1755 new cases were reported out of which 600 cases are from Ranchi meaning thereby Ranchi continues to top the list with the highest number of cases. On Saturday nine deaths were reported from four districts namely Chatra, Dhanbad, East Singhbhum, and Saraikela -Kharsawan.
On Friday also deaths were reported and the test reports suggested that the Omicron variant has started affecting people.