More than half of the people found infected by Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand on Wednesday were residents of Ranchi – a district that alone reported over 100 cases of infection on the day. As per government data, at least 104 of the state’s 194 fresh cases of infection were reported from Ranchi.

The district also reported one of the two Covid deaths in Jharkhand on Wednesday, taking the Covid-19 toll in Ranchi up at 221 and that in Jharkhand to 1040, revealed a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM). Ranchi was the only district in Jharkhand to report a triple-digit-spike in cases on the day. Meanwhile, Dhanbad reported one more Covid-19 casualty on the day, taking the toll there to 106.

While at least five districts did not report even a single case of infection, as many as 14 districts reported a single-digit-spike in Covid cases. As per government data, East Singhbhum and Bokaro reported 15 cases each, while 17 people were found infected in Dhanbad.

Fresh cases outnumbered recoveries on the day, taking the number of active cases up at 1449, highlighted the NHM bulletin. Only 165 patients recovered on the day against the 194 fresh cases. The number of active cases shot up in Ranchi too as the district reported 104 fresh cases against 82 recoveries, the NHM bulletin further stated.

The government on Wednesday tested swab samples of 17144 people and more than 1 per cent of them were found infected. So far, health workers have collected swab samples of 48.99 lakh people and tested 48.85 lakh of them. The Covid tally in the state, as per government data, was 116034. However, more than 97 per cent of the patients have recovered from the infection so far.

As per government data, the Covid recovery rate in Jharkhand was 97.85 per cent against the national average of 96.40 per cent. The Covid mortality rate in the state was 0.89 per cent against the national average of 1.44 per cent, the NHM bulletin stated.

As per the NHM bulletin, it would take at least 608 days for the Covid-19 cases to double in Jharkhand. The doubling rate in India was 462.86 days. The cases of infection grew at the rate of 0.11 per cent in Jharkhand in the past one week. The growth rate in India was 0.15 per cent during this period.