Jharkhand reported a single-day spike of less than 100 Covid cases on Saturday for the first time since the second wave of the pandemic hit the tribal state earlier this year, figures released by the state health department highlighted. However, the state reported three more Covid casualties on the day, which took the Covid toll to 5,110, a bulletin from the National Health Mission (NHM) stated.
As per the NHM bulletin, as many as 98 fresh cases of Coronavirus infection surfaced in Jharkhand on Saturday, while at least 166 Covid patients recovered from the infection, bringing the active caseload in the state down to 1,113. East Singhbhum, Khunti and Bokaro reported one Covid casualty each on the day.
While none of the 24 districts in the state reported a spike of more than 20 cases, at least six districts – Chatra, Godda, Pakur, Palamu, Saraikela and West Singhbhum – did not report fresh cases of Covid-18 on the day, the NHM highlighted in its daily Covid-19 bulletin.
Ranchi reported the highest spike of 18 cases on Saturday, and the active caseload in the district rose slightly as only nine Covid patients recovered. At least 352 people were battling the viral infection in Ranchi by the end of Saturday.
Simdega reported the second-highest spike of 12 cases, but 13 recoveries brought the active caseload there down to 88. As many as seven people were found infected in East Singhbhum, and 16 patients recovered there, bringing the active caseload down to 125. One casualty took the toll in the district to 1,036.
Dhanbad reported seven cases against 11 recoveries, while eight people were found infected in Chatra and 12 patients recovered there. Deoghar also reported seven fresh cases against two recoveries on the day, while four people were found infected in Hazaribag and 15 patients recovered there.
The state on Saturday tested swab samples of 52,645 residents and 0.18 per cent of them were found infected. As per government data, over 3.45 lakh people have been infected by coronavirus in the state and 98.19 per cent of them have recovered, while 1.48 per cent of the patients could not survive.
The growth rate of cases in the state remained 0.03 per cent on the day against the national average of 0.12 per cent, while the doubling rate jumped to 2337.24 days against the national average of 588.27 days.
The state on Saturday administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to 114343 residents and almost 94,000 of them were younger than 45 years, a separate report from the NHM stated. The second jab was administered to 16,970 beneficiaries on the day.
