New cases of Covid-19 continued to surpass recoveries in the state as 128 fresh cases of infections were reported in the last 24 hours against 105 people who got cured on Friday.

No fatalities occurred during the same period.

Of the total new cases in the day, Ranchi recorded 71 while Palamau and East Singhbhum recorded 11 and 12 cases each respectively. As many as 14 districts reported single-digit figures while seven out of 24 districts had zero cases, according to an official bulletin of the state health department.

As many as 1,15,241 people have been infected by the virus till date and 1,12,529 recovered since the outbreak of the virus in March last year. Total casualties currently stand at 1030.

The seven-day growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand now stands at 0.14% against the national average of 0.16%. The doubling rate of the virus in the state is 508.21 days against the national figure of 424.26 days. The recovery rate is 97.64 per cent than that of the national average of 96.10 per cent while the mortality rate in the state is 0.89 per cent vis-a-vis 1.40 per cent nationally.