Over 5500 people were administered Covishield shots in Jharkhand on Wednesday, taking the total count of people vaccinated in the state so far to 24,000, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) revealed.

On Wednesday, the state achieved 59 per cent of its vaccination target as 5587 of the 9414 people registered for vaccination at various centres across Jharkhand turned up at their respective vaccination centres and was administered the shots.

Bokaro achieved 90 per cent of its target on the day by vaccinating at least 270 of the 300 beneficiaries registered for vaccination in the district. Ranchi, on the other hand, vaccinated only 432 of the 800 registered beneficiaries here, thereby achieving only 54 per cent of its target for the day, highlighted figures with the NHM.

As per figures compiled by NHM, Jharkhand has achieved 60 per cent of its vaccination target so far by administering Covishield shots to 24,000 of 40,245 beneficiaries registered for immunization.

At least 22 people, including 18 from Ranchi alone, complained of adverse effects following immunization on Wednesday. So far, as many as 193 people have complained of adverse effects following immunization and at least 145 of them were residents of Ranchi.

Meanwhile, two more Covid patients, one each in Ranchi and Dhanbad, died during treatment on the day, taking the Covid toll in the state to 1066, the NHM stated in a separate bulletin released on Wednesday night. As per the bulletin, the toll in Ranchi reached 232 on the day, while that in Dhanbad jumped to 112.

Recoveries outnumbered fresh cases on the day in Jharkhand, causing a fall in the count of active cases. As per government data, as many as 117 Covid patients recovered on Wednesday, while 70 people were found infected. As many as 723 people were battling the infection in Jharkhand by the end of Wednesday.

Ranchi accounted for more than half of the fresh cases reported in Jharkhand. At least 38 of the 70 people found infected on the day were residents of Ranchi. While 12 districts did not report fresh cases on the day, East Singhbhum reported 11 cases while Dhanbad reported seven. Ranchi reported 68 recoveries, while East Singhbhum and Dhanbad reported 16 and five recoveries respectively.

As per government data, the growth rate of the viral infection in Jharkhand was 0.05 per cent against the national average of 0.11 per cent. The government on Wednesday tested swab samples of 11,372 people and less than 1 per cent of them were found infected.

Of the 118495 people infected by the virus in Jharkhand so far, at least 116706 have recovered, helping the state achieve a Covid recovery rate of 98.49 per cent against the national average of 96.90 per cent.