The Covid-19 death toll in Jharkhand reached the 1,000 mark on Monday as one more patient, a resident of Garhwa, died during treatment in the past 24 hours, figures compiled by the health department showed.

Fresh cases of infection outnumbered recoveries in Jharkhand on Monday, taking the number of active cases up at 1581. The state reported 212 fresh cases against 201 recoveries on the day, stated a bulletin released by the National Health Mission.

Ranchi reported 98 cases of infection on the day, the highest among the 24 districts in Jharkhand. However, the number of active cases dropped in the district as at least 107 patients recovered from the infection on the day. As per government data, at least 774 people were battling the infection in Ranchi by the end of Monday.

Of the 1,000 deaths in Jharkhand, at least 355 were from East Singhbhum and 206 from Ranchi. These two districts account for nearly 60 per cent of Covid fatalities in the state. On the other hand, Garhwa, which reported the state's 1,000th Covid death, has seen only 11 Covid casualties so far.

While at least five districts did not report even a single case of Covid-19 infection, Ranchi, Dhanbad, Bokaro and East Singhbhum reported a double digit spike in cases. East Singhbhum reported 23 cases against 18 recoveries, while Dhanbad reported 21 cases against seven recoveries. At least 22 cases surfaced in Bokaro while 15 patients recovered.

The government on Monday tested swab samples of 15,645 people and more than 1 per cent of them were found infected. So far, health workers have collected swab samples of 45.25 lakh people and tested 45.13 lakh of them. Around 12,000 swab samples were still pending for tests.

As per government data, Jharkhand's Covid-19 recovery rate 97.68 per cent against the national average of 95 per cent. The Covid mortality in the state was 0.89 per cent against the national average of 1.50 per cent.

The growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.14 per cent, while that across India was 0.26 per cent, showed the health bulletin. The doubling rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 498.10 days against the national average of 262.28 days.