Jharkhand's coronavirus caseload rose to 1,11,177 as 174 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said on Friday.
Two more people succumbed to the infection, pushing the COVID-19 death toll in the state to 995. The two deaths were registered from Bokaro and Hazaribagh districts respectively. While at the same time 168 people recovered from infection with total recovered cases going up to 108488.
Ranchi district reported the highest number of new cases at 93, followed by Bokaro (20), and East Singhbhum (12), as per the health bulletin. District wise Ranchi has highest Covid 19 cases with the district accounting for 28697 positive cases of corona. The total death case in Ranchi is 206. Followed by Ranchi the maximum case is in East Singhbum where the total positive case stood at 17362.
In a big relief the number of active cases of Covid 19 infection has come down to 1700. On Friday the number of active cases stood at 1694. The total Covid 19 casualties on Friday stood at 995 since the pandemic broke out in the State in March this year.
The Covid 19 recovery state stood at 97.98 per cent which is more than the national recovery rate of 94.80. The state mortality rate stood at .89 which is much more than the national mortality rate of 1.50 per cent.
Age and gender wise persons in the age group of 51-70 years are most susceptible to infection as out of total 995 deaths, 498 people in the age group of 51-70 years have lost their lives, followed by persons in the age group of persons who are above 70 years. 255 people have lost their lives in this age bracket.