Jharkhand on Sunday reported a spike of less than 100 Covid cases for the second day in a row, while recoveries outnumbered fresh cases of infection, bringing the active caseload in the state down to 1030, figures released by the health department highlighted.

As per a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM), as many as 81 people were found infected by SARS-CoV-2 on Sunday in Jharkhand and 163 Covid-19 patients recovered on the day. Only one Covid casualty was reported from Khunti on the day, which took the Covid toll in the state to 5111 and that in Khunti to 96, the NHM bulletin further stated.

At least three districts – Saraikela, Pakur and Chatra – did not report fresh Covid-19 cases on Sunday, while none of the remaining 21 districts report a double-digit-spike, the NHM highlighted in its daily bulletin. Hazaribag reported nine cases of infection – the highest in the state.

The active caseload in Ranchi, the worst-affected district in terms of caseload and casualties, dropped to 304 on Sunday as the district reported 55 Covid recoveries against seven cases of coronavirus infection. The number of active patients in East Singhbhum dropped to 110 as 22 patients recovered there while eight people were found infected on the day.

The state on Sunday tested swab samples of 39,629 residents and 0.2 per cent of them were found infected by the lethal virus. As per government data, over 3.45 lakh people have been infected by coronavirus in the state so far and 98.22 per cent of them have recovered, while 1.47 per cent of the patients could not survive.

The doubling rate of Covid cases in the state further increased to 2479.94 days against the national average of 562.36 days, the bulletin from NHM highlighted. The growth rate of cases in the state was 0.03 per cent against the national growth rate of 0.12 per cent on Sunday.

Meanwhile, four fresh cases of suspected mucormycosis surfaced in the state in the past 48 hours, taking the total count of suspected cases to 63, figures with the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) highlighted. As per data with IDSP, the state has reported 84 confirmed cases of the fungal infection and 26 patients have died, while 58 have recovered.

Jharkhand on Sunday administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to 98,214 residents, including more than 80,000 beneficiaries in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years, a separate report from NHM stated. The second jab was administered to 16,397 beneficiaries, mostly above the age of 45 years.