As many as 1056 fresh cases of Covid cases on Tuesday took the tally in Jharkhand above 32,000, while the toll drew close to 350 with 12 patients losing their battle against the dreaded virus in 24 hours, figures released by the health department stated on Tuesday.

As per government data, Ranchi alone accounted for 314 Covid cases on Tuesday taking the tally in the state’s worst-affected district above 6000. Out of the 1956 cases, 141 were from East Singhbhum, which took the tally in the district to 5381.

East Singhbhum, which accounts for nearly 40 per cent of Jharkhand’s Covid deaths, reported eight of the 12 Covid fatalities in state on Tuesday. The findings take the Covid toll in East Singhbhum to 152. The virus, as per official records, has claimed 347 lives in Jharkhand so far.

Dhanbad, Giridih, Koderma and Hazaribag have also reported over 1000 cases so far. However, Ranchi and East Singhbhum account for more than 30 per cent of the total Covid cases in Jharkhand. These two districts have reported a total of 11,415 Covid cases so far, which is higher than the number of active cases in the state as reported on Tuesday late evening.

As per a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM), the number of active cases crossed the 10,000 mark on Tuesday despite 725 patients recovering from the infection in the past 24 hours. While East Singhbhum reported 146 recoveries, only 82 patients recovered in Ranchi. The Covid recovery rate in Jharkhand was 67.60 per cent on Tuesday against the national average of 75.27 per cent, highlighted the NHM bulletin.

The government has so far collected swab samples of around 6.08 lakh people and tested more than 6 lakh of them. On Tuesday, the government collected swab samples of 14,751 people and tested 14,508 of them.

The Covid mortality rate in Jharkhand was 1.07 per cent on Tuesday, which is lower than the national average of 1.85 per cent. However, the state has reported Covid casualties in double digit for two consecutive days, registering 27 deaths in the past 48 hours, figures with the health department highlight. Of the 12 deaths reported on Tuesday, one each were reported from Ranchi, West Singhbhum, Koderma and Bokaro, while East Singhbhum reported eight deaths.