Only two of 24 districts in Jharkhand, Ranchi and East Singhbhum, had more than 100 active cases of Covid-19 infection after recoveries outnumbered fresh cases in the state on Sunday, bringing the number of patients down to 97 from 102 in Bokaro, the third district to have a triple-digit-figure of active cases until Sunday, figures compiled by the state health department highlighted.

As per government data, Pakur had only one active case of Covid-19 infection on Sunday and could become the first district in Jharkhand with zero Covid patients soon. Giridih and Simdega had six Covid patients each, and were in the race to bring the number of active cases down to zero soon, health officials said.

While the state reported 172 cases against 182 recoveries, no Covid fatalities were reported in Jharkhand on the day. As per a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM), at least 108 recoveries against 71 fresh cases brought the active cases in Ranchi down at 759 – the highest among all the districts in the state.

At least five districts did not report even a single case of Covid-19 infection on the day, while four districts registered a double-digit-spike. East Singhbhum reported 15 cases and the same number of recoveries on the day, while Dhanbad reported 16 cases against 10 recoveries. At least 12 cases surfaced in Ramgarh, while three patients recovered there.

So far, the state has reported 1010 Covid casualties, and at least 355 victims were from East Singhbhum. Ranchi, on the other hand, has reported 209 Covid deaths, while 100 people of died of the infection in Dhanbad. All the remaining 21 districts have reported less than 100 Covid casualties in Jharkhand, keeping the mortality rate in the state at 0.89 per cent against the national average of 1.50 per cent.

On Sunday, the government tested swab samples of 10,346 people and more than 1.5 per cent of them were found infected. So far, health workers have collected swab samples of 46.39 lakh people and tested 46.24 lakh of them. The Covid tally in the state was 1,13,025, while there were only 1708 active cases of infection.

As per government data, the growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.17 per cent against the national average of 0.21 per cent. The doubling rate of the infection in the state was 418.44 days against the national average of 329.67 days. The recovery rate in Jharkhand was 97.59 per cent against the national recovery rate of 95.50 per cent.