Jharkhand on Wednesday reported 190 Covid-19 cases against 587 recoveries, which brought the active caseload in the state down to 2246, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) highlighted.

While the active caseload continued to drop, at least three more Covid patients died during treatment on Wednesday, keeping the Covid mortality rate in Jharkhand higher than the national average. The Covid mortality rate in Jharkhand was 1.48 per cent against the national average of 1.30 per cent, a bulletin released by the NHM stated

Ranchi, Godda and Deoghar reported one Covid casualty each on the day, taking the Covid toll in the state to 5092. However, none of the 24 districts in the state reported a spike of more than 50 cases on Wednesday. With 35 fresh cases of infection, East Singhbhum reported the highest spike among the districts. However, at least 39 Covid patients recovered there, bringing the active caseload in the district down to 242.

Ranchi accounted for almost half of the Covid recoveries on Wednesday. As per NHM data, the district reported 20 cases and 245 Covid recoveries, which brought the active caseload here down to 708. The one casualty on the day took the toll in the district to 1582, the highest among Jharkhand districts.

As per the NHM bulletin, Hazaribag reported 18 cases against 23 recoveries, while Dhanbad reported 16 cases against 15 recoveries. At least two districts – Khunti and Dumka – did not report fresh cases of Coronavirus infection on the day. At least 10 people were found infected in Gumla and 12 in Chatra.

So far, over 3.43 lakh people have been infected by Coronavirus in Jharkhand and 97.86 per cent of them have recovered, highlights government data. The national recovery rate, as per government data, was 95.80 per cent.

The state on Wednesday tested swab samples of 41,065 residents on the day and the positivity rate was less than 0.5 per cent. As per government data, the growth rate of Covid-19 was 0.05 per cent in Jharkhand against the national average of 0.17 per cent. The doubling rate in Jharkhand was 1378.06 days against the national average of 398.87 days.

Jharkhand on Wednesday administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to 60,017 residents and more than half of them were in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years. The second jab, as per NHM records, was administered to 13,799 residents on the day.