Jharkhand on Sunday vaccinated about 1.20 lakh residents against Covid-19, while the active caseload of the disease dropped to 80 as Covid recoveries outnumbered fresh cases of infection, figures compiled by the health department highlighted.

As per provisional figures released by the National Health Mission (NHM), as many as 73,700 residents were administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19, while at least 46,961 residents got the second dose.

More than 23,000 residents were vaccinated in East Singhbhum on Sunday, the highest among the 24 districts in Jharkhand, while over 20,000 beneficiaries got vaccinated in Ranchi. About 10,000 residents got inoculated in Dhanbad. .

The active caseload of Covid-19 dropped in Jharkhand as the state reported five fresh cases of coronavirus infection against seven Covid recoveries, a separate bulletin from NHM stated.

At least four Covid recoveries against three cases of infection brought the active caseload in Ranchi down to 45, while in at least 21 of 24 districts did not report fresh Covid cases. Sahebganj and Jamtara reported one fresh case of SARS-CoV-2 infection each.

The state on Sunday tested swab samples of at least 41,116 residents and 0.01 per cent of them were found infected by SARS-CoV-2 virus. So far, over 3.48 lakh Jharkhand residents have tested positive for Covid-19 and 98.50 per cent of them have recovered, while 1.47 per cent of them could not survive.

As per government data, at least 11 of 24 districts in Jharkhand did not have active cases of Covid-19 on Sunday. However, Ranchi alone accounted for about 60 per cent of the active Covid cases in Jharkhand.