The Covid tally in Ranchi drew close to 4000 on Thursday as 629 people, including 78 from the capital testing positive for the virus in 24 hours, government data revealed.
A bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) on Thursday evening put Ranchi's Covid tally at 3996, the highest among all the districts in Jharkhand.
Meanwhile, East Singhbhum, which accounts for the highest number of Covid casualties in state so far, reported 138 cases of infection on Thursday, taking the tally in the district to 3499, the NHM bulletin stated. As per the bulletin, Dhanbad continues to be the third worst-affected district in Jharkhand with 1383 cases.
After Covid recoveries surpassed the number of fresh cases in the past three days, Jharkhand's Covid recovery rate crossed 60 per cent. However, on Thursday, the number of recoveries was a tad less than the fresh cases. As per government data, as many as 601 patients recovered from the infection on Thursday. The number of active Covid cases in Ranchi dropped to 1882 on Thursday as 178 patients recovered from the infection here and were discharged from hospital. At least 168 Covid patients recovered in East Singhbhum, bringing the count of active cases down to 1842 on Thursday, government data stated.
Besides Ranchi, East Singhbhum and Dhanbad, Giridih is the only district to report more than 1000 cases so far. These four districts account for more than 35 per cent of total cases reported in Jharkhand, figures compiled by the NHM state.
The Covid toll in state reached 209 on Thursday as five patients – one each from Saraikela, Ranchi, East Singhbhum, Dhanbad and Bokaro – lost their battle against the desease. The Covid mortality rate in Jharkhand is 0.99 per cent, which is lower than the national average of 2 per cent, claims state government.
The government has so far collected swab samples of 4.17 lakh people and tested 4.11 lakh of them. As many as 20950 of the 4.11 lakh tested have been found infected by the virus, states government figure. As per NHM, their are 7728 active cases in Jharkhand, while 13013 patients have recovered.
