The total count of Covid-19 vaccines administered in Jharkhand since the launch of the nationwide immunisation programme on January 16 crossed the 1 crore mark as the state inoculated almost 60,000 residents on Thursday, figures compiled by the health department highlighted.

As per provisional data shared by the National Health Mission (NHM), the state administered the first dose of vaccine to 42,595 residents on Thursday, while 16,197 beneficiaries got their second jab. The total number of vaccine doses – both first and second – administered in the state so far reached 1,00,03,374, highlighted government data. Over 80 lakh residents have received the first dose of vaccine and close to 20 lakh beneficiaries have got their second jab in the state so far.

At least 826 session sites, including 24 private ones, were operational in the state on Thursday, as per data available on the Government of India’s Co-Win portal. At least 53 session sites were operational in Ranchi, while 36 session sites in East Singhbhum opened their doors for vaccine beneficiaries. More than 8,000 residents were inoculated in Ranchi, while over 5,000 got jabbed in East Singhbhum.

As per data with the NHM, the state has almost 3 lakh doses of vaccines in stock, enough to last around three days. So far, the state has received 1,01,66,910 doses of Covishield and Covaxin from the Centre, while additional doses of Sputnik V were procured by private facilities, highlights NHM data.

Jharkhand on Thursday reported 28 Covid cases and also 28 recoveries, which kept the active caseload at 223, a separate bulletin from NHM highlighted.

At least 10 of 24 districts did not report fresh cases of Covid-19, while the active caseload in Ranchi rose to 55 as the district reported five cases against only two recoveries. East Singhbhum reported one fresh case of infection and two recoveries. The active caseload there was 15 by the end of Thursday.

The state on Thursday tested swab samples of 54,894 residents and about 0.05 per cent of them were found infected by Coronavirus. So far, over 3.47 lakh people have been infected by the lethal virus in Jharkhand and 98.4 per cent of them have recovered, while 1.47 per cent of patients could not survive.

The state did not report fresh cases of Covid-induced mucormycosis on the day, while three patients of the fungal infection were discharged from hospital. As per data with the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), the state has reported 163 cases of black fungus so far and 111 patients have recovered, while 31 died.