The Covid-19 tally in Ranchi drew close to 25,000 on Wednesday after as many as 647 people, including 163 in Ranchi alone, tested positive for the virus in 24 hours, figures compiled by the health department stated.

However, despite reporting the highest number of fresh cases among all districts in Jharkhand during the day, the number of active cases in Ranchi dropped close to 2,000, as the district also reported 225 recoveries, a daily Covid-19 bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) said.

As per government records, as many as 24,657 people in Ranchi have been infected by the coronavirus so far, and at least 2,023 of them were still battling the disease on Wednesday night. Ranchi also reported one casualty during the day, which took the toll in the district to 163, government data stated.

Jharkhand on Wednesday reported two Covid-19 deaths. The second casualty occurred in East Singhbhum, a district that accounts for 326 of the 851 Covid-19 fatalities reported across the state so far. The mortality rate of Jharkhand, as on Wednesday night, was 0.86 per cent against the national average of 1.50 per cent.

The number of active cases of infection shot up in East Singhbhum after the district reported 97 fresh cases against 46 recoveries on Wednesday. As per government data, there were 1,339 active cases of Covid-19 infection in this district.

As many as 619 Covid patients recovered from the infection in Jharkhand during the day. However, Jharkhand’s recovery rate was still higher than the national average of 88.80 per cent. The recovery rate in Jharkhand was 92.80 per cent on Wednesday.

The government has so far collected swab samples of around 29.88 lakh people and tested 29.75 lakh of them. Of the 29.75 lakh people tested, 98,061 were found to be positive. At least 91,004 Covid patients have defeated the virus in the state, while 6,206 people were still infected, figures compiled by the NHM highlighted.

On Wednesday, health workers tested swab samples of 56,226 people and 55,579 of them tested negative for the virus. As per government data, the growth rate of Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand was 0.55 per cent in the past one week against the national average of 0.64 per cent. The doubling rate of Covid infections in Jharkhand was 126.43 days against the national average of 108.65 days.