The total number of beneficiaries who were administered the first dose of Covishield vaccine in Jharkhand crossed the 3 lakh mark on Thursday, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) highlighted.

As many as 3839 people – healthcare workers and frontline workers – were administered the first dose of the vaccine on Thursday, while 1168 beneficiaries got the second dose, a reported released by the NHM stated.

Jharkhand, however, managed to vaccinate only 26 per cent of those registered for the first dose of the vaccine on Thursday. The second dose was administered to around 41 per cent of the registered beneficiaries – only healthcare workers.

Ranchi performed the best among the 24 districts in the state on Thursday by inoculating 83 per cent of the beneficiaries registered for the first dose here. As many as 645 people were administered the jab here. East Singhbhum managed to vaccinate only 3 per cent of the registered beneficiaries, and was the worst performer on Thursday.

East Singhbhum also performed poorly in vaccinating the people registered for the second dose as it achieved only 9 per cent of its target. Godda and Lohardaga achieved 100 per cent target in administering the second dose, while Ranchi achieved 75 per cent of target for second dose by vaccinating 150 people – the highest among Jharkhand districts.

As per government records, the state has achieved 77 per cent of its vaccination target so far by administering the first dose of the Covishield vaccine to 300137 of 392079 registered beneficiaries. As many as 19566 people have been administered the second dose of the vaccine in Jharkhand, helping the state achieve 81 per cent of its target for the second dose.

As per the NHM report, no fresh Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) cases were reported on Thursday. So far, the state has reported 274 AEFI cases and 170 of them occured in Ranchi.

As many as 76 people, including 47 from Ranchi alone were found infected by the Covid-19 virus in Jharkhand on Thursday, stated a bulletin released by the NHM. The state reported only 40 Covid recoveries on the day and the number of active cases jumped to 467, the bulletin further stated.

As many as 119795 people have been infected by the Covid-19 virus in Jharkhand so far, and more than 98 per cent of them have recovered. As per government data, it would take 2174 days for the number of cases to double in Jharkhand.