At least two more Covid-19 patients, one each from Ranchi and Dhanbad, died during treatment on Wednesday, taking the Covid toll in Jharkhand up at 1077, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated.

While the number of Covid casualties has been on the rise in Jharkhand, there has been a significant fall in the count of patients in the tribal state. On Wednesday, as many as 46 people were found infected by the Covid-19 virus, while at least 80 patients recovered, bringing the number of active cases down to 453, the NHM stated in its bulletin.

Ranchi reported 20 of the 46 cases, but as many as 51 of the 80 recoveries were also reported here. Wednesday's test results brought the number of active cases in Ranchi down to 208. However, this district continues to be the only Jharkhand district with more than 100 active cases.

There were no active cases of Covid-19 infection in Giridih and Pakur by the of Wednesday, highlighted the NHM bulletin. At least 15 of the 24 districts have less than 10 active cases.

Meanwhile, as many as 823 people were inoculated against the Covid-19 virus in Jharkhand on Wednesday, NHM stated in a separate report. The state achieved 49 per cent of its vaccination target on the day. So far, as many as 67333 people have been administered Covishield jabs in the state. However, Jharkhand has achieved only 52 per cent of its vaccination target since the beginning of the immunization programme on January 16.

As many as 13 beneficiaries complained of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) on Wednesday, taking the total number of AEFI cases in the state so far to 242, highlighted government data. Ranchi reported six of the 13 AEFI cases on Wednesday, taking the total count of AEFI cases in the district to 166, which is close to 70 per cent of the total cases in Jharkhand.

As per government data, the growth rate of Covid cases in Jharkhand was 0.03 per cent against the national average of 0.10 per cent. As per NHM, it would take more than 2042 days for the Covid cases to double in Jharkhand. So far, 1.18 lakh people have been infected by the virus in Jharkhand and more than 98 per cent of them have recovered.