Jharkhand on Sunday vaccinated more than 70,000 residents against Covid-19 with over 900 session sites remaining operational across the 24 districts, while at least 1 lakh doses of Covishield were distributed among districts to continue the immunisation drive, figures released by the health department highlighted.
As per provisional data shared by the National Health Mission (NHM), the state on Sunday administered the first dose of vaccines to as many as 53,531 residents, while the second jab was administered to 17,918 beneficiaries. More than 50,000 beneficiaries were between 18 and 44 years.
Ranchi got the highest share of 7,000 doses from the 1 lakh Covishield vaccines distributed among districts, while Dhanbad and East Singhbhum received the second highest share of 6,250 doses each, a report from the NHM stated. At least 4,550 doses were sent to Bokaro, while Giridih received 6,000 doses and 4,800 doses were sent to Palamau.
According to information available on the Co-Win portal, only 26 session sites opened their doors for beneficiaries in Ranchi on Sunday and administered jabs to around 3,000 residents. In East Singhbhum, 15 session sites were operational and about 3,000 residents got jabbed.
Jharkhand, as per figures with the state health department, has received over 1 crore doses of Covishield and Covaxin from the Centre. At least 82,58,307 residents have received the first dose of vaccine in the state, while the second jab has been administered to 19,60,756 beneficiaries, a report shared by the NHM on Sunday evening stated.
The active caseload of Covid-19 dropped further down to 211 on Sunday as the state reported 29 Covid recoveries against 11 cases, a bulletin released by the NHM stated. At least 13 of 24 districts did not report fresh cases of infection on the day, while zero casualties occurred in the state.
Jharkhand on Sunday tested swab samples of 45,604 residents and 0.04 per cent of them were found infected by coronavirus. So far, over 3.47 lakh people have been infected by the virus in Jharkhand and 98.46 per cent of them have recovered, while 1.47 per cent of patients could not survive.
At least 11 recoveries against two cases brought the active caseload in Ranchi down to 52, while three recoveries against two cases brought the active caseload in East Singhbhum to 14. Deoghar reported the highest spike of four cases among the 24 districts in Jharkhand.
The state did not report fresh cases of Covid-induced mucormycosis on Sunday. As per data compiled by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), the state has so far reported 105 confirmed and 59 suspected cases of black fungus. The fungal infection has claimed 31 lives in Jharkhand.
