The immunisation campaign against Covid-19 continued at a low pace on Thursday as Jharkhand managed to vaccinate less than 1 lakh beneficiaries for the second day in a row, while the active caseload of the disease jumped to 83, figures compiled by the health department highlighted.

As per provisional data released by the National Health Mission (NHM), as many as 84,797 beneficiaries were vaccinated on Thursday in the state. While 49,333 residents were administered the first dose of vaccine, at least 35,464 beneficiaries received the booster dose on the day, as per NHM data.

Ranchi vaccinated about 12,000 residents , the highest among the 24 districts, while East Singhbhum administered vaccine doses to 10,000-odd beneficiaries. Over 8,000 residents were inoculated against SARS-CoV-2 virus in Dhanbad, while about 9,000 beneficiaries got vaccinated in Bokaro.

At least 11 fresh Covid cases against only six Covid recoveries caused a spike in the active caseload of the disease in Jharkhand, a separate bulletin from NHM stated. Ranchi alone accounted for five of the 11 fresh cases, and the active caseload here rose to 49 as only three Covid patients recovered in the district.

At least four cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection against only two Covid recoveries took the active caseload in East Singhbhum to eight. On the other hand, Khunti, which had zero active cases until Thursday, reported two fresh cases.

At least 21 of 24 districts in Jharkhand did not report fresh cases of Covid-19, but the number of districts with zero active Covid cases dropped to 11.

As per government data, more than 1.35 crore residents in Jharkhand have received at least one dose of vaccine since the launch of the nationwide immunisation programme against Covid-19 on January 16. About 40 lakh of these beneficiaries have also received the second jab.