At least three more Covid-19 patients died in Jharkhand on Tuesday, taking the number of Covid casualties reported in the past 48 hours to seven in the state, figures compiled by the health department highlighted.

Ranchi, Ramgarh and Dhanbad reported one Covid casualty each on Tuesday, taking the Covid toll in Jharkhand to 1057 and that in Ranchi to 226, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated.

Meanwhile, recoveries outnumbered fresh cases on the day, causing a drop in the number of active cases of infection. As many as 141 recoveries against 101 fresh cases brought the number of active cases in the state down to 1147 in the past 24 hours, the NHM stated in its bulletin.

Ranchi once again reported more than half of the Covid cases that surfaced in Jharkhand on Tuesday, but recoveries outnumbered fresh cases here as well. As many as 53 people were found infected in Ranchi, while 85 Covid patients recovered here, bringing the number of active cases in the district down to 575.

Among other districts, Dhanbad reported 15 cases against three recoveries, while East Singhbhum reported only five cases against 19 recoveries. As many as nine people were found infected in Bokaro and five patients recovered there.

As per figures with the NHM, at least nine of 24 districts in Jharkhand did not report fresh cases of Covid-19 infection on Tuesday. Only Ranchi and East Singhbhum reported a double-digit-spike in cases on the day.

The government on Tuesday tested swab samples of 13,886 people and less than 1 per cent of them were found infected. So far, the government has collected swab samples of 50.96 lakh people and tested 50.72 lakh of them. As per the NHM, as many as 1,17,887 people have been infected by the virus in Jharkhand so far and more than 98 per cent of them have recovered.

As per government data, the growth rate of the viral infection in Jharkhand was 0.08 per cent against the national average of 0.12 per cent. At current pace, it would take more than 881 days for the number of Covid cases to double in Jharkhand. The doubling rate in India was 588.91 days.