Jharkhand reported more than 200 fresh cases of Covid-19 infection for the second consecutive day on Saturday, taking the number of active cases above 1700 after a significant drop reported in the figure since the beginning of December, data compiled by the state health department revealed.
As many as 247 people were found infected across the state in the past 24 hours, while 234 patients recovered during the same period. On Friday too, the fresh cases of Covid-19 infection outnumbered the recoveries as 274 people were found infected and only 195 patients recovered, government figures highlighted.
Meanwhile, two more Covid patients, one each from Dhanbad and Gumla, died during treatment on the day, taking the Covid toll in the state up at 1010, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated. As per the bulletin, Saturday's fresh death took the toll in Dhanbad to 100.
Until Saturday, only Ranchi and East Singhbhum had reported more than 100 Covid fatalities among the 24 districts. As many as 355 Covid patients have died in East Singhbhum so far, while 209 have died in Ranchi.
On Saturday, Ranchi reported 128 cases against 110 recoveries, while East Singhbhum reported 35 cases against 29 recoveries. The number of active cases in Ranchi drew close to 800 on the day, while that in East Singhbhum reached 226, the NHM bulletin highlighted.
Among other districts, Bokaro reported 12 cases against 15 recoveries, while Hazaribag reported 14 cases against three recoveries. As per government data, at least six districts did not report even a single fresh case of Covid-19 infection on the day.
The government on Saturday collected swab samples of 16,516 people and around 1.5 per cent of them were found infected. So far, health workers in Jharkhand have collected swab samples of 46.23 lakh people and tested around 46.09 lakh of them. Around 14,000 swab samples were still pending for tests.
As per government data, the growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.17 per cent against the national average of 0.21 per cent. The doubling rate of the infection in the state was 405.28 days against the national average of 326.80 days.
At least 110125 of the 112835 people infected by the virus have recovered in Jharkhand so far, taking the Covid recovery rate in the state to 97.58 per cent. The national Covid recovery rate is 95.50 per cent.
