Jharkhand reported at least 136 Covid fatalities on Friday, while about 6000 state residents were found infected from Thursday night to Friday night, taking the active caseload up at 61,177, figures compiled by the health department highlighted.

As per a bulletin released by the NHM, the Covid toll in the state reached 3615 on the day. At least 38 Covid patients died in Ranchi while 26 succumbed to the viral infection in East Singhbhum in 24 hours, the bulletin further stated. Ranchi and East Singhbhum jointly accounted for around 40 per cent of the casualties in Jharkhand on the day. Friday's findings took the Covid toll in Ranchi to 1131 and that in East Singhbhum to 775.

The state reported 5973 fresh cases of infection against 5293 Covid recoveries, and the two districts accounted for the majority of the cases. Ranchi reported 970 the fresh cases on the day, while East Singhbhum reported 968 cases, the NHM stated in its bulletin.

Among other districts, Dhanbad reported 9 deaths, Giridih 10, Koderma 5 and Simdega 4. The active caseload in Ranchi dropped to 19,751, while that in East Singhbhum dropped to 5798 as the district reported 890 Covid recoveries against the over 968 cases, the NHM bulletin highlighted. As per NHM data, Ranchi and East Singhbhum jointly account for almost 40 per cent of the 61,177 active cases of Covid-19 in Jharkhand.

The State on Wednesday tested swab samples of 46,305 residents and more than 10 per cent of them were found infected. The day’s findings took the Covid tally in the state above 2.70 lakh. As per government data, only 73.26 per cent of the over 2.70 lakh people infected by the virus so far in Jharkhand have recovered, while 1.09 per cent of them have died.

While cases continued to soar, the vaccination programme did not see a warm response from citizens on Wednesday. As per government data, as many as 8,186, hardly 15 per cent of registered beneficiaries, were administered the first dose of the vaccine against Covid-19 on the day. On the other hand, the second jab was administered to 14,288 people, around 3 per cent of the registered beneficiaries.

The growth rate of Covid cases in Jharkhand was 2.04 per cent on Wednesday against the national average of 1.36 per cent. As per government data, it would take hardly 34.38 days for the Covid cases to double in Jharkhand at the current pace. The doubling rate across India was 51.39 days