Ranchi reported more than 100 cases of Covid-19 infection, accounting for over 50 per cent of total fresh cases in Jharkhand during the past 24 hours, for the second consecutive day on Thursday, figures compiled by the health department highlighted.

At least 102 of the 195 people found infected by the deadly virus in Jharkhand on the day were residents of Ranchi, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated.

As per government data, Ranchi also accounts for nearly half of the active cases of Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand. At least 1448 people were battling the viral infection in Jharkhand by the end of Thursday, and as many as 692 of them were residents of Ranchi, the NHM bulletin revealed.

While the number of patients increased in Ranchi on Thursday, Jharkhand reported as many recoveries as fresh cases on the day. One patient, a resident of Gumla, died on the day, bringing the count of active cases down at 1448 from 1449. As many as 88 patients recovered in Ranchi against the 102 fresh cases on Thursday.

At least four of 24 districts did not report even a single case of Covid-19 infection in the past 24 hours. While Dhanbad reported 22 cases against 15 recoveries, East Singhbhum reported 16 cases against 25 recoveries. At least 10 people were found infected in Palamu and 11 patients recovered there.

The government on Thursday tested swab samples of as many as 14,621 people and more than 1 per cent of them were found infected. So far, health workers have collected swab samples of 49.12 lakh people and tested around 49 lakh of them.

As per government data, at least 1,16,229 people have been infected by the Covid-19 virus in Jharkhand so far and 97.85 per cent of them have recovered. The state has also reported 1041 Covid casualties.

The growth rate of Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand was 0.12 per cent against the national average of 0.15 per cent. The doubling rate of the infection in the state was 568.36 days against the national average of 459.70 days. The Covid mortality rate in Jharkhand was 0.89 per cent, the NHM bulletin stated.