Over 11,000 beneficiaries were administered the first dose of Covishield vaccine in Jharkhand on Monday, while more than 1700 healthcare workers were given the second shot of the vaccine, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) highlighted.

As per NHM data, the state has so far administered the first dose of the vaccine to 2,35,732 beneficiaries, achieving 61 per cent of its target. On the other hand, as many as 4108 of the over 2.3 lakh vaccinated people have been given the second jab as well.

On Monday, the state achieved 39 per cent of its target by administering the first dose of the vaccine to 11,136 beneficiaries. As many as 1777 beneficiaries got the second dose of the virus on the day, at least 28 days after getting the first jab.

While Bokaro achieved 100 per cent of its vaccination target on the day by inoculating 637 people, only 11 per cent of the 1136 registered beneficiaries were inoculated in Chatra – the lowest among all districts in Jharkhand. Ranchi achieved 45 per cent of its target on the day by administering the first dose of Covishield vaccine to 1826 people.

As per NHM data, only one case of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) was reported in Jharkhand from Dhanbad, taking the total count of AEFI cases in the state to 266. At least 170 of the 266 AEFI cases have been reported in Ranchi so far.

Meanwhile, two more Covid patients, one each from Ranchi and Bokaro, died during treatment on Monday, taking the Covid-19 toll in the state to 1084, a separate bulletin released by NHM stated. The state reported 33 Covid recoveries against 38 fresh cases on the day, which took the number of active cases up at 464 in Jharkhand.

Ranchi reported 22 fresh cases against 13 recoveries, triggering a rise in active cases here. As many as 245 people were battling the viral infection in Ranchi by the end of Monday. As many as 16 of 24 districts did not report fresh cases on the day. Barring Ranchi, none of the districts reported a double-digit-spike.

As per government data, as many as 119354 people have been infected by the Covid-19 virus in Jharkhand so far and 98.70 per cent of them have recovered. At the current pace, it would take more than 2400 days for the cases to double in Jharkhand, the NHM bulletin stated.