The active Covid-19 caseload dropped below the 10,000-mark in Ranchi on Sunday, while Jharkhand registered less than 50 Covid deaths for the first time in a day since the beginning of May, figures compiled by the health department highlighted, indicating a slight improvement in the overall situation in the state.
As per a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM), Jharkhand reported at least 7,119 Covid recoveries against 2,321 fresh cases of infection on the day, which brought the active caseload in Jharkhand down to 36,540. The active caseload in the state has seen a dip in the past one week and officials have attributed the fall to stricter lockdown measures.
At least 255 Ranchi residents were found infected by the coronavirus on the day, while 2,260 Covid patients recovered here, bringing the active caseload down to 8,125, NHM stated in its bulletin. Ranchi, however, accounted for at least 18 of the 48 Covid casualties reported in Jharkhand on the day. Sunday’s developments took the Covid toll in Ranchi to 1,411 and that in Jharkhand to 4,479.
As per government data, the first dose of the vaccine against Covid-19 was administered to as many as 37,102 residents in the 18+ category on Sunday. So far, as many as 111,203 residents in that category have got their first dose.
Almost all the 24 districts in the state reported a dip in the active caseload on Sunday. East Singhbhum reported 521 recoveries against 208 fresh cases of infection and the active caseload there stood at 3,685. The Covid toll in the district reached 901 as at least seven more patients died there in the past 24 hours.
Among other districts, Bokaro reported 429 recoveries against 233 cases, while Dhanbad reported 92 recoveries against 138 cases. At least 104 people were found infected in Hazaribagh while 446 Covid patients recovered there. Giridih reported 236 recoveries against 99 fresh cases on the day.
On Sunday, Jharkhand tested swab samples of 40,291 residents and around 5 per cent of them were found infected. So far, more than 3.15 lakh Jharkhand residents have been infected by the coronavirus and around 87 per cent of them have recovered, highlights government data.
