Ranchi reported highest ever single-day-spike in Covid-19 cases for the second consecutive day on Wednesday as the count of fresh cases crossed 400 mark within 24 hours for the first time in Jharkhand, government data stated.

As many as 125 fresh cases of infection surfaced in Ranchi on Wednesday. The district reported 106 fresh cases on Tuesday, the highest by then. As per government data, as many as 436 fresh cases of Covid-19 from 21 districts surfaced in the state on Wednesday.

Former minister and Ranchi legislator, C.P. Singh was among the over 400 people who tested positive for the virus on Wednesday. Singh is the third member of the state Assembly to get infected by Covid-19.

Earlier this month, state drinking water and sanitation minister Mithilesh Thakur and Tundi MLA Mathura Mahto tested positive for the virus. Thakur recovered from the infection and was discharged from the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) on Tuesday. Chief minister Hemant Soren had tested negative for Covid-19 earlier this month.

Despite 106 patients recovering on Wednesday, the Covid recovery rate in Jharkhand dropped to 45.60 per cent and the mortality rate rose to 0.95 per cent, the NHM bulletin said. The national Covid recovery rate is 62.72 per cent.

As per government data, Ranchi on Wednesday had 634 active cases of Covid-19 infection while the total cases reported here neared 1000. The total count of Covid cases in State jumped to 6682 on Wednesday and the death toll reached 64 as three more patients died, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated.

Government has so far collected samples of 2.4 lakh suspects for Covid tests and the result of around 10,000 tests are still awaited, officials said. Around 2.5 lakh people have been put in home quarantine in State and a little over 6000 have been sent to institutional quarantine.