The active cases of Covid-19 infection increased in Ranchi and Bokaro on Wednesday despite a fall in the number of active cases across Jharkhand in the past 24 hours, figures compiled by the health department highlighted.

As per a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) on Wednesday night, as many as 70 people were found infected in Ranchi in 24 hours against 56 recoveries, while Bokaro reported 53 fresh cases against 16 recoveries. Meanwhile, East Singhbhum reported 63 recoveries on the day against only 16 fresh cases.

Jharkhand reported 251 fresh cases of Covid-19 infection on Wednesday, while at least 280 patients recovered during the same period, government data stated. As per government data, more than 60 per cent of the fresh cases reported on Wednesday were from Ranchi, Bokaro and Dhanbad, which reported 29 cases on the day.

On Wednesday, health workers tested swab samples of 19,786 people from across the state, bringing down the number of pending tests in the state. On Tuesday, at least 18,000 samples were pending for Covid-19 tests, and the number reduced to around 16,000.

Meanwhile, the Covid-19 toll in Jharkhand continued to see a spike on Wednesday as three more patients died in 24 hours, data with the health department revealed. The three deaths – one each from Deoghar, Dhanbad and Jamtara – took the Covid-19 toll in the tribal state to 934.

As per government data, there were only 2,637 active cases of Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand and as many as 1,03,171 patients have recovered so far. The Covid-19 recovery rate on Wednesday was 96.65 per cent.

The government has so far collected swab samples of 38.62 lakh people and tested 38.46 lakh of them. Of the over 38 lakh people tested in Jharkhand, as many as 1,06,742 were found infected.

On Wednesday, only Godda did not report any fresh cases of infection. Dhanbad reported at least 29 fresh cases, while East Singhbhum and Ramgarh reported 16 and 11 cases respectively. East Singhbhum reported the highest number of Covid recoveries on the day. At least 63 patients recovered in the district.

As per government data, the growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.17 per cent against the national average of 0.37 per cent. The doubling rate of the infection in Jharkhand was 412.23 days against the national average of 186.68 days.