The active caseload of Covid-19 dropped close to the 100-mark in Ranchi on Sunday as the district reported at least 105 Covid recoveries against only 11 fresh cases of infection on the day, figures released by the health department highlighted.

As per a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM), as many as 102 Ranchi residents were battling Covid-19 by the end of Sunday. Ranchi, however, also reported the only Covid casualty in Jharkhand on the day, which took the toll in the district to 1585 and that in the state to 5115, the bulletin further revealed.

While Simedga reported 10 fresh cases of Coronavirus infection on the day, no other district barring Simedga and Ranchi reported a double-digit-spike. East Singhbhum reported four cases against 10 recoveries, which brought the active caseload there down to 60, while Dhanbad reported five cases against the same number of recoveries. As many as 25 people were battling the viral infection in Dhanbad by the end of Sunday.

At least six districts – Saraikela, Pakur, Lohardaga, Godda, Dumka and Chatra – did not report fresh cases of Covid-19 on the day. At least 162 recoveries against 52 cases brought the active caseload in the state down to 658 on the day, government data highlighted.

The growth rate of Covid-19 in the state was 0.02 per cent in Jharkhand against the national average of 0.11 per cent, while the doubling rate in the state jumped to 3308.12 days against the national average of 646.07 days. So far, over 3.45 Jharkhand residents have been infected by the lethal virus and 98.33 per cent of them have recovered. However, 1.47 per cent of the patients could not survive.

The state on Sunday tested swab samples of 44,912 residents and only 0.11 per cent of them tested positive for Covid-19. So far, the state has tested over 1 crore residents for Covid-19 and less than 4 per cent of them were found infected by the virus.

Jharkhand has so far received 75,41,260 doses of vaccine against Covid-19 and utilized 70,57,910 of them, a report released by the NHM on Sunday stated. The state had as many as 4,81,390 doses of vaccines in stock by the end of Sunday. As per government data, Jharkhand has wasted about 0.3 per cent of the total doses made available to the state by the Centre.