The Covid-19 fatalities remained nil for the second consecutive day and recoveries continued to steadily outnumber the new cases in the state, as per the bulletin issued by the health department on Thursday night.

According to the bulletin, 156 persons were declared cured compared to 96 fresh cases. Currently, only 854 active cases exist.

The Covid death toll stands at 5113 since the outbreak of the virus. Out of a total of 3,45,706 positive cases, 3,39,739 got cured.

Among the districts, East Singhbhum and Ranchi district reported 10 new cases each followed by Giridih ,9, and eight cases each from Bokaro and Gumla. As many as five districts namely Chatra, Godda, Khunti, Lohardaga, and Seraikela didn’t report any new cases.

The mortality rate in the state was recorded at 1.47 per cent, higher than the national average of 1.30 per cent. The recovery rate among Covid patients in the state has improved to 98.27 per cent, better than the national average of 96.90 per cent.

Altogether, 1,00,35,595 samples have been tested for Covid-19 in Jharkhand, including 51,924 since Thursday, it added.

On the other hand, a total of 26,826 people took their first dose of the vaccine in the last 24 hours of which 23,000 people were between 18-44 years. Due to the low vaccine stocks, mainly of Covishield, only 6,947 people were able to take their second doses during this period. So far 3.54 lakh people are fully vaccinated in the state, which is about 43 percent of the target group, added the bulletin.