The active caseload of Covid-19 dropped below 1500 in Ranchi and close to the 5000-mark in Jharkhand as the state reported at least 726 Covid recoveries against 358 cases of infection on Monday, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) highlighted.

At least six Covid patients died during treatment on the day, taking the Covid toll in the state to 5060, a bulletin released by the NHM stated. As per the bulletin, Ranchi, East Singhbhum, Dhanbad, Lohardaga, Hazaribag and Garhwa reported one Covid casualty each.

As many as 80 Covid recoveries against 23 fresh cases brought the active caseload in Ranchi down to 1,489, while one death took the toll to 1573. On the other hand, East Singhbhum reported 51 cases, the highest among the 24 districts in the state. The district also reported 94 recoveries, which brought the active caseload there down to 601, the NHM stated in its bulletin. By the end of Monday, as many as 5312 Jharkhand residents were battling Covid-19.

Other than East Singhbhum, all the remaining 23 districts reported a spike of less than 50 cases on the day. Dhanbad reported 32 cases against 40 recoveries, while 36 people were found infected in Hazaribag and 26 patients recovered there.

The state on Monday tested swab samples of 45054 residents and less than 1 per cent of them were found infected by Coronavirus. As per government data, the state has so far tested more than 88 lakh people for Covid-19 and the cumulative positivity rate in the state was above 3.5 per cent.

With a drop in cases reported every day on an average, the growth rate of infection in Jharkhand dropped to 0.13 per cent against the national average of 0.30 per cent. The Covid recovery rate in the state, as per government data, was 96.96 per cent against the national average of 93.90 per cent.

The doubling rate of cases in the state also crossed the 500-day-mark on the day. As per NHM data, it would take 516.62 days for the cases to double in Jharkhand at the current pace. The doubling rate in India was 230.66 days. The Covid mortality rate in the state, however, was 1.48 per cent, higher than the national average of 1.20 per cent.

The state on Monday administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to 48.876 residents and almost 32,000 of them were in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years. The second jab was administered to 5586 residents, mostly commoners above the age of 45 years.