The number of active Covid-19 cases has declined across Jharkhand but Ranchi district has more than half of the total active cases in the state.

According to the data released by the government at 9pm on Saturday, the number of active cases stood at 576 in Jharkhand after the detection of 49 new cases, 100 recoveries and one casualty.

With 31 new cases detected on that day, Ranchi district had 63.25 per cent of the total new cases while the active case count stood at 302, accounting for 52.43 per cent of the total cases in the state.

The number of active cases in East Singhbhum district came down to 55 though it recorded one-thirds of the state’s total casualty — 356 out of 1,071. Among other districts, Gumla had 39 active cases, Dhanbad 34, Latehar 25, Lohardaga 19, Palamau 15 and Bokaro 14. While the number of active cases in 15 other districts was six or less, Pakur continued to be the only district with not a single active case.

The recovery rate in the state on Saturday was 98.61 per cent, better than the national rate of 97 per cent. The state’s mortality rate of 0.90 per cent was also less than the national rate of 1.40 per cent.

“Ranchi being the state capital, more new people are coming here everyday and more people are also being tested here,” said Dr Prabhat Kumar, head of the Covid task force at Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences.