Jharkhand on Saturday vaccinated about 78,000 residents against Covid-19 as less than 900 session sites remained operational across the state, figures shared by the health department highlighted.
As per provisional data released by the National Health Mission (NHM), the state on Saturday administered the first dose of vaccine to 55,319 residents, while the second jab was administered to at least 22,806 beneficiaries.
Data shared by the health department on Saturday evening highlighted that the state had at least 6,78,220 vaccine doses in stock before the session sites opened their doors on Saturday. All the 4,44,790 doses of Covishield available in the state were allotted to districts and there were zero doses of this vaccine at the State Vaccine Store in Ranchi on Saturday.
Figures available on the Co-Win platform reflected that only 21 session sites were operational in Ranchi on Saturday and hardly 2500 residents were vaccinated here. At least 13 session sites opened their doors for beneficiaries in East Singhbhum and less than 2000 residents got vaccinated there. In Dhanbad, about 3000 residents were vaccinated across the 20 session sites that remained operational in the district.
The active caseload of Covid-19 dropped further down to 142 in Jharkhand on Saturday as the state reported at least 18 Covid recoveries against 14 fresh cases of infection, a separate bulletin from NHM stated.
Ranchi alone accounted for six of the 14 fresh cases, but the active caseload here dropped to 79 as the district also reported seven Covid recoveries on Saturday. The active caseload rose to 10 in East Singhbhum, where five people were found infected by coronavirus and three Covid patients recovered.
At least 19 of 24 districts did not report fresh cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, while no fresh casualties were reported, the NHM bulletin highlighted. The state on Saturday tested swab samples of 66,483 residents and 0.02 per cent of them were found infected by the deadly virus.
As per government data, over 3.47 lakh people have been infected by coronavirus in Jharkhand and 98.48 per cent of them have recovered, while 1.47 per cent of the patients could not survive.
