At least seven more Covid-19 patients died during treatment on Tuesday in Jharkhand, taking the Covid toll close to 850 in the state, figures released by the health department highlighted.

As many as two of the seven Covid casualties occurred in Ranchi, taking the total count of fatalities caused by Covid-19 infection in the district to 162. As per figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM), Bokaro, Dhanbad, East Singhbhum, Khunti and Saraikela reported one Covid death each in 24 hours.

As per government data, at least 325 of the 849 Covid casualties occurred in East Singhbhum, while 162 occurred in Ranchi. None of the remaining 22 districts in Jharkhand have reported more than 100 Covid casualties. The Covid-19 mortality rate in Jharkhand was 0.87 per cent against the national average of 1.50 per cent, highlights government data.

Meanwhile, as many as 542 people were found Covid positive across the state on Tuesday, taking the Covid-19 tally to 97,414. However, recoveries outnumbered the fresh cases once again on Tuesday, taking the Covid-19 recovery rate in Jharkhand up at 92.78 per cent. As many as 605 Covid patients recovered from the infection on Tuesday.

As per figures compiled by NHM, as many as 90,385 people have defeated the dreaded virus in Jharkhand so far, and 6180 were still fighting it. The number of active cases of infection dropped to 2,087 in Ranchi on Tuesday after the district reported 196 cases against 275 recoveries. Dhanbad reported 69 cases, the second highest among all the districts in Jharkhand on the day.

The government has so far collected swab samples of 29.28 lakh people and tested 29.13 lakh of them. On Tuesday, health workers tested swab samples of 25,307 people and 24,765 of them tested negative for Covid-19.

The growth rate of Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand was 0.55 per cent in the past one week against the national average of 0.77 per cent. The doubling rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 122.16 days against the national average of 94.8 days, stated government data.

As per NHM figures, of the 849 Covid casualties reported in the state so far, at least 637 victims were older than 50 years. As many as 168 Covid victims were in the age bracket of 31 to 50 years, while 37 victims were younger than 30 years.