As many as 5561 beneficiaries were administered the first dose of Covishield vaccine in Jharkhand on Monday, while the second dose was administered to 1892 people, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) highlighted.

After achieving hardly 14 per cent of its vaccination target on Sunday, the state improved its performance significantly on Monday by inoculating 32 per cent of the beneficiaries for the first dose and 54 per cent of those registered for the second dose, NHM stated in a report.

While Bokaro achieved 100 per cent of its target in administering the first dose as well as the second dose, Ranchi achieved only 64 per cent of its target for the first dose and 30 per cent for the second dose.

As per government data, Jharkhand has administered the first dose of Covishield vaccine to 283704 people, thereby achieving 74 per cent of its target. However, more than 1 lakh beneficiaries have given the first jab of the vaccine a miss.

The state reported only one case of Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) on the day from Ramgarh district, taking the total count of AEFI cases in Jharkhand to 272, the NHM report further stated. Besides reporting the only AEFI case, Ramgarh achieved only 9 per cent of its vaccination target on the day – the lowest among all districts in Jharkhand.

Deoghar has achieved the highest vaccination rate of 88 per cent in Jharkhand, while Ranchi has achieved only 63 per cent of its target so far. However, as many as 30331 people were administered the first dose of Covishield vaccine in Ranchi – the highest among the 24 districts in Jharkhand.

Meanwhile, Ranchi reported a Covid casualty for the second consecutive day on Monday, taking the count of Covid fatalities in the state to 1087 and that in the district to 244, a bulletin released by NHM stated.

As many as 41 people, including 27 from Ranchi alone, were found infected on the day. The state also reported 45 Covid recoveries on the day and 28 of the recovered patients were residents of Ranchi, the bulletin further stated. At least 19 of 24 districts did not report fresh cases of Covid-19 infection on Monday.

As per government data, as many as 119637 people have been infected by the lethal virus in Jharkhand and 98.71 per cent of them have recovered. As many as 448 people were battling the viral infection in Jharkhand on the day and 258 of them were residents of Ranchi.