The Covid-19 recovery rate in Jharkhand jumped above 94 per cent on Sunday after nearly 400 recoveries were reported across the state against 326 fresh cases of infection, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) highlighted.

Figures compiled by the NHM stated that as many as 95,973 of the 102087 Covid patients in Jharkhand have defeated the Covid-19 virus in the state so far. There were as many as 5,229 active cases of infection in the state by Sunday evening, government data further stated.

None of the districts in Jharkhand reported a triple-digit spike in the Covid caseload on the day despite over 20,000 people being tested for the viral infection in the past 24 hours. As per a bulletin released by the NHM, Ranchi reported 95 fresh cases of Covid-19 infection, the highest among all districts in Jharkhand. However, the number of active cases of infection dropped in the district as at least 140 Covid patients recovered on the day.

There were around 1700 active cases of infection in Ranchi, while around 1330 people were battling the virus in East Singhbhum. The count of active cases was below 100 in at least 16 of 24 districts in the state. As many as 398 patients recovered from the infection on the day.

Bokaro reported 47 fresh cases on the day, while Dhanbad and East Singbhum reported 42 and 22 cases respectively. As many as 20 people were found infected in Ramgarh and 15 in West Singhbhum.

Meanwhile, the Covid toll in Jharkhand reached 885 on Sunday after one more patient, a resident of Simdega, died during treatment. The Covid-19 mortality rate in the state was 0.86 per cent on Sunday, which is lower than the national average of 1.49 per cent, government data stated.

The government has so far collected swab samples of over 34 lakh people from across Jharkhand and tested around 33.93 lakh of them. On Sunday, health workers tested swab samples of 20,384 people and 326 of them tested positive. The figures indicate that 1.5 per cent of the people tested for the virus were found infected.

As per the NHM, the growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.31 per cent against the national average of 0.55 per cent. The doubling rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 213.8 days against the national average of 126.8 days. The national Covid recovery rate was 91.56 per cent against the state’s average of 94.01 per cent.