The immunisation campaign against Covid-19 witnessed a drop in momentum on Wednesday in Jharkhand as the state managed to inoculate about 60,000-odd residents after achieving daily vaccination numbers of over 1 lakh earlier this week.

As per provisional data released by the National Health Mission (NHM), at least 48,746 Jharkhand residents were administered the first dose of vaccine on Wednesday, while 12,271 beneficiaries got their second jab. As many as 39,309 residents in the age bracket of 18 to 44 years received their first jab, while 2,716 residents from the same age group got their second dose, a report from the NHM stated.

On Wednesday, the state also received the schedule of vaccine supply from the Centre in the month of August. According to the schedule, Jharkhand will receive 2,74,480 Covishield doses on August 7 and 78,930 Covaxin doses on August 8. On August 11, August 14 and August 15, the state will receive 2,64,200, 2,74,480 and 2,64,200 doses of Covishield respectively.

In the second half of the month, at least 90,210 Covaxin doses will be delivered to Jharkhand on August 18, followed by 2,74,480 Covishield doses on August 19. According to the schedule, the state will receive 87,390 Covaxin doses on August 22 and 3,30,250 Covishield doses on August 25. At least 4,62,360 Covishield doses will reach the state on August 26, while 81,750 Covaxin doses will be delivered by the Centre on August 27.

Jharkhand reported another Covid death on Wednesday, which took the toll in the state to 5,126, a separate bulletin from NHM highlighted. The new casualty occurred in East Singhbhum, which has reported 1,042 Covid fatalities so far.

The active caseload of Covid-19, however, dropped to 237 as at least 36 patients recovered, while 27 people were found infected in the state. As per NHM data, Bokaro reported the highest spike of six cases, and the active caseload there also rose to 21 as only five patients recovered from the infection.

At least 10 districts – West Singhbhum, Simdega, Saraikela, Palamau, Pakur, Jamtara, Gumla, Garhwa, Dumka and Chatra – did not report fresh Covid cases on Wednesday. At least seven recoveries against four cases brought the active caseload in Ranchi down to 41, while two recoveries against one case brought the active caseload in East Singhbhum down to 13.

The state on Wednesday tested swab samples of 58,148 residents and 0.04 per cent of them were found infected by SARS-CoV-2. Over 3.47 lakh people have been infected by the deadly virus in Jharkhand so far and 98.45 per cent of the patients recovered, while 1.47 per cent died.