As many as 82 fresh cases of Covid-19 infection against 60 recoveries took the count of active cases in Jharkhand close to 600 on Wednesday, revealed government data.
The active caseload in the state reached 599 on the day from 466 a month ago, indicating that fresh cases outnumbered recoveries by more than 100 in the past one month, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated.
Ranchi reported 45 cases against 33 recoveries on Wednesday, and the number of patients here jumped to 373, the highest among the 24 districts in Jharkhand, government data highlighted. As per NHM data, Ranchi alone accounts for more than 60 per cent of active cases in the state.
Meanwhile, more than 22,000 Jharkhand residents, including 16,634 senior citizens and 2,434 middle-agers with comorbid conditions, were administered the first dose of the Covishield vaccine on Wednesday, taking the total count of those vaccinated in the state so far above 5.5 lakh, figures compiled by the NHM highlighted.
As many as 8,967 healthcare workers and frontline workers were administered the second dose of the vaccine, taking the total count of Jharkhand residents who have completed the vaccination course to 1,84,685, stated a report released by the NHM.
The state, however, achieved only 6 per cent of its target for administering the first dose of the vaccine to healthcare and frontline workers. The second dose was administered to only 9 per cent of the registered healthcare and frontline workers, the NHM report further stated.
Over 2,000 people were vaccinated in Ranchi as well as Giridih on the day, while only 147 people got the first jab of the vaccine in Koderma – the lowest among Jharkhand districts. Over 1,300 people in Bokaro and more than 1,100 people in East Singhbhum received the jab on Wednesday.
Senior citizens in Giridih have outdone their Ranchi counterparts in getting the first dose of the vaccine, reveals government data. As per data with NHM, as many as 20,442 have got the first dose of the vaccine in Giridih, while 16,420 have got the jabs in Ranchi. Around 8,000 senior citizens have been vaccinated in East Singhbhum so far and close to 12,000 in Bokaro. As per government data, the state has administered the first dose of the vaccine to 1.55 lakh seniors since March 1.
As per government data, more than 1.20 lakh people have been infected in Jharkhand so far, and more than 98 per cent of them have recovered. The doubling rate in Jharkhand has dropped to 1,516 days from over 2,500 days in the past one week, but it is still lower than the national average of 359 days.