Jharkhand reported zero Covid casualties on Monday, while at least seven districts – Ramgarh, Pakur, Koderma, Khunti, Jamtara, Dumka and Deoghar – did not report fresh cases of the Coronavirus infection as less than 100 people were found Covid positive for the third day in a row in Jharkhand.

As per a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM), as many as 90 people were found infected by the Coronavirus in the state on Monday, while 115 Covid patients recovered from the infection on the day, bringing the active caseload in Jharkhand down to 1,005.

East Singhbhum reported 19 cases of Covid-19, the highest among the 24 districts in the state. At least 20 recoveries brought the active caseload in the district down to 109. Gumla reported 10 cases against 14 recoveries, while six people were found infected in Hazaribag and 10 patients recovered there.

Ranchi, which accounts for the highest number of Covid cases in Jharkhand, reported only two cases against 12 Covid recoveries on the day, and the active caseload here dropped to 294, the NHM stated in its bulletin. Bokaro reported nine cases against seven recoveries, while Simdega reported seven cases against 14 recoveries.

The state on Monday tested swab samples of 56,088 residents and around 0.16 per cent of them were found infected by the lethal virus. As per government data, more than 3.45 lakh people have been affected by Covid-19 in the state so far and 98.22 per cent of them have recovered. With 5111 casualties, the Covid mortality rate in the state was 1.47 per cent against the national average of 1.30 per cent.

As per NHM data, the growth rate of Covid cases in the state was 0.03 per cent in Jharkhand against the national average of 0.12 per cent, while the doubling rate in the state reached 2556.40 days against the national doubling rate of 584.63 days.

Jharkhand on Monday administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to 71,899 residents and more than 58,000 of the beneficiaries fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years, a separate report from NHM stated. The second dose was administered to 15,460 beneficiaries, including over 10,000 in the age bracket of 45 years to 60 years.

No fresh case of Covid-induced mucormycosis surfaced in Jharkhand on Monday. As per data with the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), as many as 84 confirmed and 63 suspected cases of fungal infection have been reported in the state so far. At least 26 people have died of mucormycosis and 58 patients have recovered.