Jharkhand on Sunday administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to about 50,000 residents and the second dose to nearly 20,000 beneficiaries, taking the total count of those who have received at least one dose of vaccine closer to the 1 crore mark, figures released by the health department highlighted.
As per provisional data released by the National Health Mission (NHM), at least 49,460 residents got the first jab of vaccine, while 19,822 beneficiaries got their second jab on Sunday. Close to 50,000 residents between 18 and 44 years were inoculated on Sunday, NHM data highlighted.
As per government data released on Sunday evening, the state had about 5 lakh doses of vaccines in stock. The state is likely to receive fresh supplies on Monday, health officials said.
Jharkhand on Sunday reported another Covid death, which took the Covid toll to 5,129, while the active caseload also witnessed a marginal spike as fresh cases outnumbered Covid recoveries, a separate report from the NHM highlighted.
As per NHM data, at least 27 fresh cases of infection against 24 recoveries took the active caseload to 254 on Sunday. The sole casualty was reported in Bokaro, a district which has so far seen 285 Covid fatalities.
At least 12 of 24 districts in the state did not report fresh cases of Covid-19 on the day, while East Singhbhum reported the highest spike of six cases and the active caseload there rose to 16. The district reported four Covid recoveries on Sunday.
Two cases against three recoveries brought the active caseload in Ranchi down to 48, the highest among Jharkhand districts. Bokaro reported five cases against the same number of recoveries and Dhanbad was among the districts that did not report fresh cases on the day.
Jharkhand on Sunday tested 47,907 swab samples and 0.05 per cent of them were found infected by Coronavirus. So far, over 3.47 lakh people have been infected by the deadly virus and 98.44 per cent of them survived, while 1.47 per cent of patients died.
No fresh cases of Covid-induced Mucormycosis were reported in Jharkhand on Sunday. The state has so far reported 104 confirmed and 58 suspected cases of Black Fungus and 31 patients have died.
