Jharkhand on Wednesday vaccinated more than 1.90 lakh residents against Covid-19, while the active caseload of the disease dropped to 63 as the state reported at least nine Covid recoveries against seven fresh cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection, figures compiled by the health department highlighted.

As per provisional data released by the National Health Mission, as many as 1,27,787 residents were administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 in the state, while at least 70,398 beneficiaries got the second jab.

At least 21,000 residents were vaccinated in Dhanbad, the highest among the 24 districts in Jharkhand, on Wednesday. Ranchi inoculated over 20,000 beneficiaries on Wednesday, while about 19,000 residents got vaccinated in East Singhbhum.

According to a press communique from the health department, more than 1.29 crore residents have received at least one dose of vaccine against Covid-19 and more than 37 lakh of them have also received the booster dose of the vaccine.

Ranchi and Bokaro reported two fresh cases of coronavirus infection on Wednesday, while Jamtara, West Singhbhum and Dhanbad reported one Covid case each, stated a bulletin from NHM.

With at least three Covid recoveries reported, the active caseload of Covid-19 dropped to 27 in Ranchi. The count dropped to five in East Singhbhum as the district reported zero cases against two Covid recoveries, while in Dhanbad the active caseload reached two as the district did not report Covid recoveries.

As per NHM data, at least 11 of 24 districts in Jharkhand had zero active cases of Covid-19 by Wednesday evening. Ranchi accounted for almost half of the total active cases in the state, while no other district had a double-digit figure of active caseload. The doubling rate of cases in the state jumped to 38,388.82 days against the national average of 1094.23 days, highlighted NHM data.