Over 5000 fresh cases of infection and three deaths on Saturday took the Covid toll in Jharkhand to 5164 and the active caseload over the 21,000 mark, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) revealed.
As per a bulletin released by the NHM, the State on Saturday reported 21,088 active cases of infection against 1,186 Covid recoveries. Ranchi accounted for 1731 of the fresh cases on the day, while East Singhbhum reported 1,043 cases.
Ranchi and East Singhbhum accounted for the highest cases on the day. As per NHM data, at least two Covid patients died in East Singhbhum and one died in Seraikela in the past 24 hours, taking the toll in East Singhbhum to 1,057 and that in Seraikela to 69.
The active caseload in Ranchi jumped to 8,535, while that in East Singhbhum went up to 3500 as the district reported 225 Covid recoveries against the over 1043 cases, the NHM bulletin highlighted. As per NHM data, Ranchi and East Singhbhum jointly account for almost 50 per cent of the 21,098 active cases of Covid-19 in Jharkhand.
The State on Wednesday tested swab samples of 72,742 residents and more than 6.9 per cent of them were found infected. The day’s findings took the Covid tally in the State above 3.47 lakh.
The growth rate of infection in Jharkhand was 0.80 per cent on Wednesday against the national average of 0.18 per cent. As per government data, it would take hardly 86.86 days for the Covid cases to double in Jharkhand at the current pace. The doubling rate across India was 378.25 days.