Jharkhand on Thursday achieved 43 per cent of its vaccination target by inoculating as many as 2728 frontline workers and 3833 healthcare workers in the past 24 hours, a report released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated.

As per figures shared by the NHM, Jharkhand has achieved 45 per cent of its vaccination target for frontline workers and 52 per cent for health care workers. While at least 70,931 healthcare workers have been inoculated against the Covid-19 virus in the state, only 3,539 frontline workers, mostly policemen, have been administered the Covishield vaccine, highlights government data.

Of the 1.43 lakh people registered for vaccination in Jharkhand so far, as many as 74,526 have been administered the vaccine jab. As per government data, at least 243 people have complained of adverse events following immunization in the state so far, and as many as 167 of them were residents of Ranchi.

A 52-year-old health worker, who have vaccinated on Monday, died on Tuesday night. However, he did not complain of any adverse events following immunization on the day he was administered the jab. The state reported only one case of AEFI on Thursday from Ranchi.

Meanwhile, the number of active cases of Covid-19 infection dropped further down to 447 on Thursday as the state reported at least 64 recoveries against 58 fresh cases of infection, a separate bulletin released by the NHM stated. Ranchi accounted for at least 33 of the 58 cases and 39 of the 64 recoveries on the day.

As per the NHM bulletin, at least 13 of 24 districts did not report any fresh case of infection on Thursday, while 10 districts reported a single-digit-spike. No Covid casualties were reported in Jharkhand in the past 24 hours, keeping the Covid toll in the state at 1077.

The growth rate of Covid cases was 0.04 per cent in Jharkhand against the national average of 0.10 per cent by the end of Thursday. As per government data, it would take at least 1953 days for the number of Covid cases to double in Jharkhand. The doubling rate in India was less than 750 days.

So far, the government has tested swab samples of 52.25 lakh people and more than 1.18 lakh of them have been found infected. However, at least 98.71 per cent of the infected people have recovered in the state, while 0.90 per cent of them died, reveals NHM data.