Jharkhand on Friday reported less than 50 Covid fatalities, but the mortality rate in the state remained above the national average, while the active caseload dropped below the 25,000-mark, figures released by the health department highlighted.

As per government data, as many as 4,117 Covid patients recovered on the day while 2,151 were found infected. The state, however, reported 46 Covid casualties, which took the Covid toll in Jharkhand to 4,760, a bulletin from the National Health Mission (NHM) stated.

The doubling rate of cases in the state also crossed the 100-day mark on Friday. As per NHM data, Jharkhand’s doubling rate was 112.09 days against the national average of 91.28 days. The recovery rate in the state was 91.05 per cent against the national average of 87.20 per cent.

However, the Covid mortality rate in Jharkhand was still 1.45 per cent against the national Covid mortality rate of 1.10 per cent, revealed government data.

Ranchi, the district which reported the highest number of Covid fatalities so far, accounted for 11 of the 46 casualties on Friday. On the other hand, East Singhbhum accounted for 14 deaths and Bokaro reported five. By the end of Friday, the Covid toll in Ranchi stood at 1,480 while that in East Singhbhum reached 958. Two fresh casualties took the Covid toll in Dhanbad to 360, while that in Bokaro was 253.

The active caseload dropped to 5,141 in Ranchi as the district reported 257 cases of infection against 329 recoveries in the past 24 hours. East Singhbhum reported 341 cases against 835 recoveries, which brought the active caseload there down to 2,114. As many as 24,499 state residents were battling the viral infection by the end of Friday.

The state on Friday tested swab samples of 50,503 residents and less than 5 per cent of them were found infected. So far, the state has tested almost 80 lakh residents for Covid-19 and 3.27 lakh of them were found infected.

Meanwhile, Jharkhand administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to 45,512 residents and more than 38,266 of them were in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years. So far, the state has administered the first dose of vaccine to over 31.1 lakh beneficiaries and around 3.05 lakh of them were in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years. The second jab was administered to 2,109 beneficiaries on Friday.