New infections of Covid-19 cases in Ranchi remained below 50-mark for the first time after at least a month as the state capital registered 47 confirmed patients in the last 24 hours, health department's bulletin issued on Tuesday night has suggested. As many as 151 got recovered while one death also came fore in Ranchi during this period.

Statewide, a total of 155 new cases got registered, 255 recovered and two deaths surface. Besides Ranchi, one death was reported from Hazaribag taking the total fatalities in the state to 1038.

Jharkhand cumulative caseload now stands at 1,15,840 of which 1,13,380 patients have recovered so far while 1,422 are active cases.

Other districts with double-digit single day growth came from four places namely Dhanbad (17), Palamau (16), Bokaro (14), and East Singhbhum (12). Sixteen districts reported single-digit cases while Chatra, Godda, Pakur and Sahibganj remained free of new infections in the last one day.

State's recovery rate with 97.87 percent remains higher than the national average of 96.30 percent. The mortality rate is 0.89 per cent vis-a-vis 1.40 nationally. State's seven day growth rate is 0.12 percent, lower than the national average of 0.16 per cent whereas seven days doubling rate 578.81 days in comparison to 445.30 days in the country.