Jharkhand recorded close to 200 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, as Ranchi continued to register a double digit spike on a daily basis.

As per the bulletin released by the state health department on Saturday night, 192 new cases were detected across the state in the last 24 hours out of 19,985 samples tested. Two fatalities, one each from Latehar and Ranchi districts, were reported during the period, while 179 people recuperated from the disease.

East Singhbhum reported 45 cases of coronavirus, while Dhanbad and Palamau registered 15 and 13 cases respectively. As many as eight districts, including Pakur—believed to be free of the virus so far — reported zero cases.

The state’s total covid count currently stands at 1,14,146 out of 47,26,287 samples that were tested since the outbreak of the virus in the state in March. Of these, 1,598 are still active, 1,018 died and 1,11,530 defeated the infection.

In terms of age-wise casualties, 508 people in the age group of 51-70 years have succumbed to the virus so far. It was followed by 264 people above 70 years of age. The casualty figure of 31-50 year age group stands at 197, while 43 fatalities were reported between 11-30 years age group and four died below 10 years age bracket.

The state’s seven-day growth rate now stands at 0.14% compared to 0.20 per cent nationally. Seven days doubling rate of the state is 491.62 days vis-à-vis 354.72 days nationally while the recovery rate is 97.70 per cent in regard to the country's average of 95.80 per cent. State’s mortality rate is 0.89 per cent than that of the national average of 1.50 per cent.