The number of people overcoming Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand crossed the 1 lakh mark on Wednesday as over 300 patients recovered from the lethal infection in 24 hours, taking the recovery rate up at 95.32 per cent in the state, government data highlighted.

Meanwhile, at least three more Covid-19 patients died in Jharkhand on Wednesday while the number of active cases dropped close to 4000 as the recoveries outnumbered fresh cases on the day, data compiled by the health department stated. As per figures with the health department, at least 1,00,302 Covid patients have recovered from the infection in Jharkhand so far.

As many as 314 Covid-19 patients recovered from the infection on the day against 284 fresh cases surfacing during the same period, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated. With 78 fresh cases and 98 recoveries Ranchi topped among all the districts in terms of fresh cases as well as recoveries.

The number of active cases in Ranchi dropped below that in East Singhbhum for the first time since the entry of the virus in Jharkhand on Wednesday. As per government data, there were 1181 active cases in Ranchi, while at least 1230 people were battling the virus in East Singhbhum.

At least 13 of the 24 districts in Jharkhand reported a single-digit-spike in Covid cases, while three districts – Koderma, Hazaribag and Pakur – did not report even a single fresh case of infection on the day. As many as 40 fresh cases occurred in Bokaro, 29 in East Singhbhum, 16 in Gumla and 13 in Palamu.

Meanwhile, state education minister Jagarnath Mahto, who underwent a lung transplant surgery in Chennai on Tuesday, was stable and recovering well, doctors from Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) Healthcare in the Tamil Nadu capital said. The minister will be kept under observation in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for at least two more weeks.

Another cabinet minister, Rameshwar Oraon, who was admitted at Bhagwan Mahavir Medica Superspecialty Hospital after he tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, was also stable and did not complain of any severe symptoms, doctors from the private healthcare facility said.

The government on Wednesday tested swab samples of 25,320 people and around 1 per cent of them were found infected. So far, health workers in Jharkhand have collected swab samples of 37.33 lakh people and tested 37.14 lakh of them. The Covid-19 tally in Jharkhand was 1,05,224 while the number of active cases reached 4009 on Wednesday. At least 913 people have died of the viral infection in Jharkhand so far.

As per government data, the doubling rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.23 per cent against the national average of 0.39 per cent. The doubling rate of infection in the tribal state was 301.28 days against the national average of 180.14 days.