Jharkhand reported more than 100 Covid deaths for the second consecutive day on Sunday with 103 patients, including 43 from Ranchi and 16 from East Singhbhum, dying during treatment during the last 24 hours, taking the Covid toll in the state closer to the 2,000 mark.

As per figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM), Jharkhand reported 110 Covid casualties on Saturday, 63 deaths on Friday and 106 fatalities on Thursday. Sunday’s casualties took the Covid toll in Ranchi up at 589 and that in East Singhbhum to 520. So far, as many as 1991 people have died of the viral infection in Jharkhand.

The active caseload in the state also inched closer to the 50,000 mark as Jharkhand reported 5903 fresh cases against 3287 Covid recoveries on Sunday. As per data with the NHM, as many as 48,105 people, including 15,500 from Ranchi alone, were battling the viral infection in the state on Sunday.

Ranchi reported as many as 1494 fresh cases against 723 recoveries on the day, while East Singhbhum reported 702 cases against 361 recoveries. The active caseload in East Singhbhum was 6,498. As per government records, Ranchi and East Singhbhum jointly accounted for over 40 per cent of the active cases of Covid-19 infection in the state.

The Covid tally in the state also breached the 2 lakh mark on Sunday. On Sunday, Jharkhand tested swab samples of 30,299 residents and more than 15 per cent of them were found infected.

As many as 2,01,747 people have been infected by the coronavirus in Jharkhand so far and around 75 per cent of them have recovered, the NHM bulletin stated. The Covid recovery rate in Jharkhand has dropped significantly from over 98 per cent in the month of March.

The growth rate of the viral infection reached 2.72 per cent on the day against the national average of 1.46 per cent. The doubling rate of infection dropped to 25.86 days against the national average of 47.78 days. The doubling rate in Jharkhand was above 2500 days before the second wave of Covid-19 hit the state.

The state on Sunday administered the first dose of the vaccine to 6365 people, only 19 per cent of those registered for the jab on the day. The second dose was administered to 4835 residents, hardly 2 per cent of the registered beneficiaries.