The number of active cases of Covid-19 infection dropped below 5,000 in Jharkhand on Wednesday after as many as 505 Covid patients overcame the deadly viral infection across the state, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) revealed.

Of the over 1 lakh people infected by the virus in Jharkhand so far, at least 4,814 people were still battling the virus across Jharkhand on Wednesday night. As per government data, as many as 97,480 people have recovered from the viral infection in the state so far, taking the Covid-19 recovery rate up at 94.46 per cent.

At least 301 people, including 105 from Ranchi alone, were found infected across the state on Wednesday, taking the Covid-19 tally in Jharkhand to 1,03,188, a bulletin released by the NHM highlighted. However, the count of active cases of infection dropped in most of the districts, including Ranchi and East Singhbhum.

As many as 136 patients recovered from the infection in Ranchi against 105 fresh cases, while East Singhbhum reported 62 recoveries against 48 fresh cases, figures with the health department stated. As many as 23 cases surfaced in Dhanbad, while 24 people were found infected in Deoghar, 11 in Gumla and nine in Bokaro.

The government on Wednesday tested swab samples of 30,086 people and around 1 per cent of them were found to be Covid positive. So far, health workers have collected swab samples of 35.16 lakh people and tested 35.03 lakh of them.

While the recovery rate improved, at least three more people died of Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand on Wednesday. Two of the three casualties occurred in East Singhbhum, a district which has reported 337 of the 894 Covid fatalities so far. One Covid patient died in Lohardaga on the day. The Covid mortality rate in the state was, however, much lower than the national average of 1.50 per cent. The mortality rate in Jharkhand was 0.86 per cent, as per the NHM bulletin released on Wednesday night.

As per government data, the growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.31 per cent against the national average of 0.53 per cent. The doubling rate of the virus in the state was 222.68 days against the national doubling rate of 139.74 days.