Active cases of the Covid-19 infection dropped below 3,000 in Jharkhand on Sunday after 291 patients recovered from the infection in 24 hours while only 129 fresh cases surfaced, figures compiled by the health department stated.

As per latest government data, as many as 2,952 people were battling the viral infection across Jharkhand and at least 975 of them were from Ranchi, the district with highest Covid caseload and active cases. East Singhbhum, on the other hand, had 536 active cases of infection, the second highest among all the 24 districts in Jharkhand, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) highlighted.

As per the NHM bulletin, none of the districts reported a triple-digit-spike in Covid-19 cases, while at least 11 districts reported less than 10 active cases. No fresh cases of infection were reported in at least seven districts, including Saraikela, Simdega and Giridih, the bulletin stated.

As many as 18 of 24 districts in Jharkhand had less than 100 active cases of infection, stated the bulletin, highlighting the rapid fall in the number of Covid-19 cases owing to a high recovery rate and low growth rate in the state. The Covid-19 recovery rate in Jharkhand, as per government data, was 96.34 per cent on Sunday against the national average of 93.10 per cent.

While the active cases dropped significantly in Jharkhand, the number of Covid casualties increased slightly on Sunday as two more patients died during treatment in 24 hours. Both East SInghbhum and Ranchi reported one Covid casualty on the day, taking the toll in Ranchi to 185 and that in East Singhbhum to 345.

As per government figures, at least 924 people have died of Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand so far, taking the Covid mortality rate up at 0.87 per cent. However, the mortality rate in Jharkhand was lower than the national average of 1.50 per cent.

The NHM bulletin released on Sunday night further stated that the growth rate of Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand was 0.19 per cent against the national average of 0.43 per cent. The doubling rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 371.57 days against the national average of 161.35 days, the bulletin highlighted.

Health workers in Jharkhand tested swab samples of 10,186 people on Sunday and over 1 per cent of them were found infected. So far, the government has collected swab samples of 38.18 lakh people and tested 37.90 lakh of them. The Covid-19 tally in Jharkhand, as on Sunday, was 1,06,064 and at least 1,02,188 of them have recovered.