The active Covid-19 caseload breached the 50,000-mark for the first time in Jharkhand on Tuesday, while the state reported at least 131 recoveries – the highest reported in a day since the pandemic hit Jharkhand in March last year.

As per a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM), as many as 6020 fresh cases against 4247 recoveries took the active caseload in Jharkhand to 51,252 on Tuesday. The Covid toll also jumped to 2246 on the day, the bulletin revealed.

Ranchi continued to report the highest number of fresh cases and casualties on Tuesday. As per the NHM bulletin, the district reported 61 of the 131 casualties and 1574 of the 6000-odd cases on the day, which took the toll here to 702 and the active caseload up at 17,060.

As per government data, East Singhbhum reported 992 cases against 706 recoveries and 14 casualties on the day. Tuesday’s developments took the active caseload in the district to 6,424 and the Covid toll to 548.

Among other districts, Ramgarh reported a spike of 301 cases while at least 275 people were found infected in Bokaro. As many as 584 Hazaribag residents tested positive for the viral infection of the day and at least six Covid patients died there.

The state on Tuesday tested swab samples of 32,061 residents and around 20 per cent of them were found infected. As per government records, over 2.13 lakh people have been infected by the Covid-19 virus in Jharkhand so far and 74.93 per cent of them have recovered.

The growth rate of Covid infection reached 2.68 per cent on the day against the national average of 1.46 per cent, while the doubling rate rose to 26.21 days against the national average of 47.81 days, NHM stated in its bulletin.

With more than 100 casualties reported daily for the past four day, the Covid mortality rate in the state also jumped closer to the national average on Tuesday. As per NHM data, the Covid mortality rate in Jharkhand was 1.05 per cent against the national average of 1.10 per cent.

While cases soared and rise in daily casualties continued to haunt Jharkhand residents, the vaccination programme against Covid-19 also did not get a positive response on Tuesday. As per government data, as many as 12,921 people were administered the first dose of the vaccine on the day in Jharkhand, while at least 8980 beneficiaries got the second dose as well. The state achieved 21 per cent of its target for the first dose of vaccine and hardly 3 per cent for the second dose.