Active cases of Covid-19 infection dropped below the 500 mark on Tuesday as recoveries outnumbered fresh cases in Jharkhand. The state reported 59 cases against 81 recoveries on the day, bringing the count of Covid patients down to 489, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) revealed.

Meanwhile, two more Covid patients died during treatment in Jharkhand on Tuesday, taking the Covid toll in the state to 1075. Dhanbad and Saraikela reported one Covid casualty each in the past 24 hours. Ranchi reported 30 fresh cases against 39 recoveries on the day, while all the remaining districts reported a single-digit-spike.

As per government data, more than 98 per cent of the over 1.18 lakh people found infected by the Covid-19 virus in Jharkhand have recovered so far. The growth rate of cases in Jharkhand was 0.04 per cent against the national average of 0.10 per cent.

Jharkhand achieved less than 50 per cent of its vaccination target on Tuesday for the second consecutive day, bringing the total vaccination target achieved so far in the state to 53 per cent, figures compiled by the health department revealed.

As many as 7389 of the 17,686 people registered for vaccination against Covid-19 virus were administered the Covishield shots on the day, a report released by the NHM stated. As per the report, at least 985 people were inoculated in Ranchi, about 52 per cent of the total target of 1897. Palamu achieved the highest vaccination target of 72 per cent by administering the vaccine shots to at least 681 of 940 beneficiaries registered for vaccination there.

Only three cases of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) were reported in Jharkhand on Tuesday – one in Ranchi and two in Koderma. As per data with the NHM, at least 229 cases of AEFI have been reported in the state so far, and 160 of them occurred in Ranchi.

By the end of the vaccination programme on Tuesday, as many as 55,441 people were inoculated in the state and at least 5,669 of them were residents of Ranchi. As many as 2,630 people were inoculated in East Singhbhum, while as many as 1882 people were administered the shots in Dhanbad, highlighted the NHM report.

So far, Palamu, Giridih and Bokaro are the only three districts that have achieved more than 70 per cent of their vaccination target. While Ranchi has achieved 55 per cent of its target, only 41 per cent of the registered beneficiaries were inoculated in Pakur – the lowest among all the 24 districts in Jharkhand. As per government data, East Singhbhum has achieved 64 per cent of its target, while Dhanbad has vaccinated 54 per cent of the registered beneficiaries.