The active caseload witnessed a rise in Jharkhand on Tuesday after the trajectory of active Covid-19 cases saw a downward trend for several days in a row, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) highlighted.
The active caseload jumped to 65 as the state reported at least 14 fresh cases of coronavirus infection against only four Covid recoveries on Tuesday, a bulletin from NHM stated. Ranchi, East Singhbhum and West Singhbhum reported four cases each and the active caseload increased in all the three districts. Bokaro and Latehar, on the other hand, reported one case each.
Four Covid cases against two recoveries took the active caseload in Ranchi to 29, while the count of active cases in East Singhbhum rose to seven as the district reported only one Covid recovery against the four fresh cases of infection on the day. West Singhbhum reported zero Covid recoveries and the active caseload there rose to four from zero.
Jharkhand on Tuesday vaccinated nearly 1.80 lakh residents against Covid-19, taking the total count of people who have received at least one dose of the vaccine over 1.28 crore.
As per provisional figures released by the National Health Mission (NHM), the state on Tuesday administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to as many as 1,14,058 residents, while the booster dose of the vaccine was administered to at least 63,858 beneficiaries. More than 1.25 lakh Jharkhand residents vaccinated on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years.
Almost 25,000 beneficiaries were administered vaccine doses in Ranchi on the day, the highest among the 24 districts in Jharkhand. More than 20,000 residents were vaccinated in East Singhbhum, the second highest among the districts, while nearly 20,000 beneficiaries got vaccinated in Dhanbad.
The state on Tuesday tested swab samples of as many as 38,767 residents and 0.03 per cent of them were found infected by SARS-CoV-2 virus. As per government data, over 3.48 lakh residents have tested positive for Covid-19 in Jharkhand so far and 98.50 per cent of them have recovered, while 1.47 per cent of patients could not survive.
