The number of active cases of Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand dropped close to 2000 on Monday as at least 288 Covid patients recovered from the infection in the past 24 hours against 167 fresh cases of infection surfacing during the same period, figures compiled by the state health department highlighted.
On Monday, as many as 2016 people were battling the virus in Jharkhand. As per government data, more than half of the active cases in Jharkhand were from East Singhbhum and Ranchi – two of the worst-affected districts in Jharkhand in terms of Covid cases and fatalities.
As many as 59 people were found infected in Ranchi on Sunday, while 106 patients recovered from the infection here, bringing the number of active cases down at 734. East Singbhum, on the other hand, reported 22 fresh cases against 23 recoveries. The number of active cases in East Singhbhum was 306 on Monday night.
At least four districts did not report even a single case of Covid-19 on the day, while 14 districts reported a single-digit-spike in the Covid caseload, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) on Monday evening stated.
Meanwhile, one more Covid-19 patient, a resident of Dhanbad, died during treatment on the day, taking the Covid toll in the state up at 964, the NHM bulletin stated. So far, Dhanbad has reported 91 Covid casualties, while East Singhbhum and Ranchi have reported 351 and 195 fatalities respectively.
Among other districts, Bokaro reported eight fresh cases, while Dhanbad reported nine cases. At least 17 fresh cases surfaced in West Singhbhum and 12 people were found infected in Saraikela, revealed government data.
The government on Monday tested swab samples of 30,813 people and around 0.50 per cent of them were found infected. So far, health workers have collected swab samples of 41.93 lakh people and tested 41.78 lakh of them. Of the nearly 42 lakh people tested, at least 1,09,151 were found Covid positive and 1,06,171 of them have recovered.
As per government data, the growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.16 per cent against the national average of 0.39 per cent. The doubling rate of the viral infection in the state was 428.14 days against the national doubling rate of 178.70 days. The Covid mortality rate in the state was 0.88 per cent, while the recovery rate was 97.26 per cent.