Jharkhand on Monday reported at least 3,291 Covid recoveries against 1,394 fresh cases of Coronavirus infection, which brought the active caseload in the state down to 17,569 figures compiled by the health department highlighted.

The state, however, reported 33 Covid casualties on the day, which took the Covid toll to 4871 and the Covid mortality rate in Jharkhand remained above the national average, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated, highlighting that Jharkhand’s Covid mortality rate was 1.46 per cent against the national average of 1.10 per cent.

With 11 casualties, Ranchi was the only district to report a double-digit-spike in Covid fatalities on the day. As per NHM data, East Singhbhum reported five Covid deaths on Monday, while four patients died in Bokaro. Monday’s findings took the Covid toll in Ranchi to 1512 and that in East Singhbhum to 979. These two districts account for more than half of the close to 5000 Covid deaths reported in the state so far.

At least 626 Covid recoveries against 199 cases brought the active caseload in Ranchi down to 4,141, NHM data revealed. The active caseload in East Singhbhum dropped to 1,589 as the district reported 385 recoveries against 258 fresh cases of infection.

Among other districts, Dhanbad reported 103 cases against 310 recoveries, while 107 people were found infected in Hazaribag and 216 patients recovered there. At least 93 people were found infected in West Singhbhum and 123 Covid patients recovered there.

The state on Monday tested swab samples of 48,088 residents and around 3 per cent of them were found infected. The daily positivity rate in the state, as per government data, has dropped from around 20 per cent in early May to less than 5 per cent now – an improvement the health department attributes to lockdown restrictions.

As per NHM data, the growth rate of infection in Jharkhand was 0.48 per cent against the national average of 0.69 per cent, while the doubling rate in the state was 145.57 days against the national average of 100.87 days. As per government data, over 3.31 lakh people have been infected by the mysterious virus in Jharkhand so far and more than 93 per cent of them have recovered.

The state on Monday administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to 47,900 residents and more than 40,000 of them were in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years, stated a separate report from NHM. The second jab was administered to 2780 beneficiaries, mostly above the age of 45 years on the day.