Jharkhand on Wednesday achieved the highest ever single-day vaccination numbers since the launch of the immunisation drive in January with the daily figure crossing the 2-lakh-mark for the first time in the state, figures released by the health department highlighted.

As per provisional data compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM), the state on Wednesday administered the first dose of vaccine to as many as 1,56,672 residents, while the second jab was administered to at least 48,820 beneficiaries. In all, the state administered vaccines to 2,05,492 residents, the highest ever in a day. More than 1.50 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years.

NHM data reflected that at least 1956 session sites remained operational across Jharkhand on Wednesday. As many as 88 session sites opened their doors in Ranchi and 17,482 residents were vaccinated here. On the other hand, 26,491 residents were vaccinated in East Singhbhum, where 116 session sites were operational. At least 14,960 beneficiaries got vaccinated in Dhanbad on the day as 84 session sites remained operational there.

As per figures shared by the health department on Wednesday evening, the state had 9,79,910 vaccine doses in stock before the session sites opened their doors on the day. As per this data, at least 7.42 lakh Covishield doses and 2.36 lakh Covaxin doses were available in stock. The state has so far administered the first dose of vaccine to over 1 crore residents and at least 26 lakh of them have also received their second jab.

Meanwhile, the state reported a marginal rise in the active caseload of Covid-19 as at least 27 fresh cases of coronavirus infection surfaced in Jharkhand on Wednesday while only 20 Covid patients recovered, a separate bulletin from NHM stated.

The count of active cases jumped to 82 in Ranchi as the district reported at least 15 Covid cases against five recoveries. The active caseload also rose to eight in East Singhbhum as at least eight people were found infected by coronavirus there and only two patients recovered from the infection on the day. Dhanbad, Chatra and Bokaro reported two cases each, while none of the remaining 19 districts reported fresh Covid cases on Wednesday, as per the NHM bulletin.