Jharkhand on Tuesday reported another Covid casualty that took the death toll in the state to 5,132, according to a National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin that added the death occurred in Dhanbad, which has reported 380 Covid fatalities so far.

However, the state reported at least 33 Covid recoveries against 15 cases of infection on Tuesday, which brought the active caseload down to 217. At least 15 districts did not report fresh cases of infection, while Ranchi reported the highest spike of four cases against seven recoveries.

The state on Tuesday tested swab samples of 47,635 residents and 0.03 per cent of them were found infected. The state has so far reported over 3.47 lakh cases of Covid-19 and 98.46 per cent of the patients have recovered.

Meanwhile, the vaccination drive lost some pace on Tuesday. Jharkhand vaccinated about 90,000 residents compared to over 1 lakh residents inoculated for the past two days in a row, figures released by the health department highlighted.

As per provisional data released by the NHM, the state administered the first dose to at least 64,697 residents, while the second jab was administered to as many as 25,953 beneficiaries. About 68,000 beneficiaries vaccinated were between 18 years and 44 years.

Around 47 session sites opened their doors for vaccine beneficiaries in Ranchi on the day and close to 7,000 residents were inoculated here, as per the Co-Win portal at 10pm. Almost 11,000 residents got vaccinated at 51 session sites operational in East Singhbhum, while 42 session sites were operational in Dhanbad, where more than 5,000 residents were vaccinated on the day, as per Co-Win data.

The state on Tuesday also allotted 2,74,480 doses of Covishield vaccine to the 24 districts and Ranchi got the highest share of 21,000 doses, a document from the health department stated. According to this document, East Singhbhum and Dhanbad received 18,000 doses each from the fresh lot, while 14,500 doses were given to Bokaro and 13,500 to Palamu. Giridih was allotted 17,750 doses of vaccine from the lot.

As per vaccination numbers shared by the NHM on Tuesday evening, more than 88 lakh Jharkhand residents have received at least one dose of vaccine against Covid-19, while over 21 lakh of them have received the second jab as well.