The count of Jharkhand residents who received both the jabs of Covishield vaccine crossed the 1 lakh mark on Wednesday as the state administered the second dose of the vaccine to 14,840 people on the day, taking the total count of those beneficiaries who have completed the double-dose-course of the vaccine in the state to 1,06,385, data compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) highlighted.

As per NHM data, the state has administered the first dose of the vaccine to 3,92,027 people and over 1 lakh of them have got the second dose. The state has so far achieved 83 per cent of its target for administering the first dose of the vaccine to registered healthcare and frontline workers. Around 74 per cent of the over 1.4 lakh beneficiaries registered for the second dose of the vaccine have got the jab.

As many as 10,544 senior citizens and 2048 middle-agers with comorbid conditions were administered the first dose of the vaccine in Jharkhand on Wednesday. As many as 1707 senior citizens were vaccinated in Ranchi, while 1830 senior citizens got the jab in Giridih. Over 700 senior citizens were administered the first jab of the vaccine in East Singhbhum on the day.

As per government data, as many as 61,507 senior citizens have been administered the first dose of the vaccine in Jharkhand since the launch of the second phase of the immunisation programme on March 1. At least 8341 residents, above the age of 45 years and suffering from comorbid conditions, have been vaccinated.

Senior citizens in Ranchi were most prompt in getting the first jab of the vaccine in Jharkhand. Of the over 61,000 senior citizens vaccinated so far, at least 9,099 were Ranchi residents. As many as 6265 senior citizens got the first jab of the vaccine in Bokaro, while East Singhbhum only managed to vaccinate over 3000 senior citizens.

Meanwhile, the number of active cases of Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand crossed the 500 mark on Wednesday, as the state reported 62 Covid cases against only 36 recoveries, a bulletin released by the NHM stated.

Active cases of infection also crossed the 300 mark in Ranchi as the district alone accounted for 35 cases and 23 recoveries. As per the NHM bulletin, as many as 305 people were battling the viral infection in Jharkhand by Wednesday evening.

As per government data, the over 1.2 lakh people have been infected by the Covid-19 virus in Jharkhand so far and more than 98 per cent of them have recovered. At the current rate, it would take over 1900 days for the cases to double in the state.