Jharkhand reported as many as 85 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday while 120 Covid patients recovered, bringing the state's active caseload down to 914, a bulletin from the National Health Mission (NHM) highlighted.

At least five districts – Saraikela, Ramgarh, Palamau, Pakur and Dumka – did not report fresh cases of coronavirus infection on Wednesday, while East Singhbhum reported the highest spike of 17 cases. However, East Singhbhum also reported 22 Covid recoveries, which brought the active caseload there down to 103, the NHM stated in its bulletin.

Covid-19 vaccination numbers dropped significantly in the state on Wednesday owing to a crisis of vaccines. As per government data, the state administered the first dose of the vaccine to only 13,775 residents and the second dose to 4,150 residents. In the past one week, the state vaccinated at least 1 lakh residents every day on an average.

As per data with the health department, Bokaro reported 10 cases and Ranchi reported eight cases of Covid-19 on the day. The active caseload in Ranchi dropped to 251 on Wednesday as at least nine patients recovered from Covid-19. As many as 48 patients were battling the viral infection in Bokaro by the end of Wednesday.

Jharkhand on Wednesday tested swab samples of 47,995 residents and less than 0.2 per cent of them were found infected. So far, over 3.45 lakh people have been infected by coronavirus in the state and 98.25 per cent of them have recovered, highlights government data.

The growth rate of Covid cases on Wednesday dropped to 0.02 per cent in Jharkhand against the national average of 0.11 per cent, while the doubling rate in the state rose to 2878.86 days against the national doubling rate of 639.68 days, NHM stated in its bulletin.