The Covid-19 infection continues to remain a concern in Jharkhand even as its rural areas are witnessing a declining trend. On Monday, Jharkhand reported 152 fresh cases with Ranchi, Bokaro and East Singbhum all logging double-digit figures with one death occurring in Dumka.

With 71 new cases, Ranchi comprised nearly half of the state’s cumulative caseload in the last 24 hours, Covid bulletin issued by the state health department has suggested. East Singhbhum clocked 30 cases while Bokaro logged 10 cases. Five districts remained free of any new cases during the same period and the rest reported infection in single digits.

In the last 24 hours, a total of 154 were declared cured taking the total count of people defeating Covid-19 to 1,11,818 out of 1,14,420 total positive cases which came to fore in the state since the outbreak of the virus in March this year. The state currently has 1582 active cases and as many as 1020 have died so far. District wise, capital Ranchi has as many as 759 active cases out of 30,254 total positive cases wherein 29283 got cured and 212 succumbed. East Singhbhum, with 355 fatalities—highest among all the district, now has 205 active cases out of 17,789 people who have tested positive by far.

The seven days growth rate of Jharkhand now stands at 0.13% vis-à-vis 0.15% in the country. Its seven-day doubling rate is 545.61 days compared to the national average of 450.26 days. Recovery rate in the state is 97.72% compared to that 95.80% nationally while mortality is 0.89%, well below 1.40% nationwide.

Pakur district in Santhal Parganas along the Bengal borders, which became free of covid-19 cases last week, continues to maintain its status with no new cases coming to fore so far, while it had reported a total of 900 cases and two deaths since March.