Two more Covid-19 patients, both residents of Ranchi, died during treatment on Thursday in Jharkhand, taking the Covid toll in the state up at 1016 and that in Ranchi to 211, figures compiled by the state health department highlighted.

While recoveries outnumbered fresh cases of infection on the day, Ranchi continued to report the highest count of cases among the 24 districts even on Thursday. However, the number of patients dropped in the district as it reported 82 recoveries against 78 cases, stated a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM). In terms of recovery too, Ranchi achieved the top spot among the districts in Jharkhand, the bulletin further stated. As many as 750 people were battling the infection in Ranchi by the end of Thursday.

As many as 177 people were found infected across Jharkhand on the day, while 213 patients recovered. As per government data, the number of active cases dropped to 1595 after Thursday's findings.

At least seven districts did not report even a single case of Covid-19 infection on Thursday, while only three districts – Ranchi, East Singhbhum and Bokaro – reported a double-digit-spike. East Singhbhum reported 24 cases against 30 recoveries, while 17 people were found infected in Bokaro and 13 recovered there.

Pakur, where the number of active cases had come down to zero on Wednesday, did not report any fresh case of infection on Thursday. The number of Covid patients increased in Simdega from nine to 12, while Godda and Giridih had nine and six active cases respectively by the end of Thursday.

The government tested swab samples of 16485 people on the day and more than 1 per cent of them were found infected. So far, health workers have collected swab samples of 47.10 lakh people and tested 46.97 lakh of them. Of the 113786 people infected by the virus in Jharkhand, at least 111175 have recovered, reveals government data.

As per government figures, the growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.15 per cent against the national average of 0.21 per cent. The recovery rate for Covid-19 in the state was 97.70 per cent, which is better than the national average of 95.70 per cent. The mortality rate in Jharkhand, however, has remained close to 0.9 per cent in the past one month.

The NHM bulletin on Thursday stated that it would take 465.44 days for the number of cases to double in Jharkhand. In India, the doubling rate was 333.58 days.