The coronavirus disease is showing a declining trend in Jharkhand but the situation in state capital Ranchi remains a cause for concern.

According to data released by the state government at 9pm on Monday, Ranchi had nearly a quarter of the total positive cases — 22,730 out of 93,035 cases. It also has 32.88 per cent of the total active cases recorded in the state so far.

Asked about the possible reasons, principal secretary (health), Nitin Madan Kulkarni, said: “This is because Ranchi is more populous than other cities of the state, much more outsiders visit the city and more testing has been done here.”

Of the total 93,035 cases recorded in the state, 84,461 have recovered and 798 patients have died. The number of active cases was 7,776, which is significantly lower compared to the 13,934 cases recorded on September 18.

In Ranchi, 20,026 out of 22,730 patients found Covid-19 positive have recovered and 147 have died, leaving 2,557 active cases on Monday evening.

The recovery rate in the state has also gone up to 90.78 per cent which is better than the national rate of 86.30 per cent. Similarly, mortality rate was 0.85 per cent compared to the national rate of 1.50 per cent.

In Ranchi district, however, the recovery rate was 88.10 per cent while the mortality rate stood at 0.64 per cent as of Monday though it accounted for 18.42 per cent of the total number of deaths in the state.

With 318 deaths, East Singhbhum district accounted for 39.85 per cent of the total Covid-19 deaths in the state.

An analysis of the mortality figures showed that 76.11 per cent of those who died of Covid-19 in the state were male and 23.89 per cent were female patients.

Only 4.32 per cent of those died were below 30 years of age and 20.07 per cent between 31 and 50 years, while 75.60 per cent were above 50 years.

Further, 66.89 per cent patients above 50 years of age who died of Covid-19 were between 51 and 70 years, while those aged above 70 years accounted for the rest of the casualties.

“Timely hospitalisation was the reason behind these figures,” Kulkarni said, adding that those above 70 years of age were promptly hospitalised whenever they faced breathing trouble and were saved while those between 51 and 70 years were not so much careful.

“One should get hospitalised when the oxygen saturation level goes below 90 per cent but many neglected it and didn’t bother to go to a hospital until it was too late,” he added.