Six of the 24 districts of Jharkhand did not lodge even a single Covid-19 patient although Ranchi and Jamshedpur continued to report double-digit-spikes on Monday, figures compiled by the state health department highlighted.
Recoveries outnumbered fresh cases of infection on the day, bringing the count of active cases down at 1675, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated. As many as 173 people were found infected in the state in the past 24 hours, while 205 patients recovered during the same period, the bulletin further stated.
As per government data, Ranchi reported 82 cases against 86 recoveries, while East Singhbhum reported 23 cases against 34 recoveries. Among other districts, Bokaro reported eight cases against 23 recoveries and Dhanbad reported only two cases against eight recoveries.
Meanwhile, one more Covid patient, a resident of Dumka, died during treatment on the day, taking the Covid-19 toll in the state to 1011. The Covid mortality rate in the state, as per government data, was 0.89 per cent against the national average of 1.50 per cent.
The government on Monday tested swab samples of 15,347 people and more than 1 per cent of them were found infected. So far, the government has collected swab samples of 46.54 lakh people and tested 46.44 lakh of them.
Of the 46-odd lakh, people tested, at least 113198 were found to be Covid positive. However, as per government data, at least 110512 of them have recovered, taking the Covid recovery rate in Jharkhand up at 97.62 per cent against the national average of 95.50 per cent.
As per government data, the growth rate of Covid-19 in Jharkhand was 0.16 per cent against the national average of 0.21 per cent. The doubling rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 431.06 days, while the national doubling rate was 323.01 days, highlighted the NHM bulletin.
After Monday's findings, there were more than 100 active cases in East Singhbhum and Ranchi. All the remaining 22 districts had less than 100 patients, while at least three districts had less than 19 patients.
