Out of 24 districts in Jharkhand, at least five did not report any new case of Covid-19 on Saturday, while Ranchi and Dhanbad accounted for more than half of the close-to-200 cases recorded in the state over the past 24 hours, figures compiled by the health department showed.
Of the 196 cases reported on the day, at least 80 were from Ranchi and 24 from Dhanbad. However, recoveries outnumbered fresh cases of infection in both the districts, bringing the count of active cases down. At least 106 Covid patients recovered in Ranchi and 32 recovered in Dhanbad, stated a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM).
According to government data, 288 patients in Jharkhand recovered from the infection,bringing the count of active cases down at 1,845. Dumka, Giridih, Gumla, Pakur and Koderma did not report even a single fresh case of infection on the day, state department data showed.
East Singhbhum reported nine cases against 21 recoveries, while Bokaro reported 24 cases against 18 recoveries. At least 21 of the 24 districts reported a spike of less than 10 in the Covid caseload on the day, according to data.
Meanwhile, one more patient, a resident of Ranchi, died of the infection on Saturday, taking the death toll up at 202 in Ranchi alone and that in the state to 979, the NHM further stated in its bulletin. East Singhbhum has reported 353 cases of fatalities triggered by Covid-19 infection so far, making it the highest among all districts.
As per government data, at least 745 people were battling the viral infection in Ranchi by the end of Saturday. The count of active cases in East Singhbhum was 286. Government figures highlight that more than half of the active cases in Jharkhand were saturated in only two districts – Ranchi and East Singhbhum.
On Saturday, the government tested swab samples of as many as 23,221 people and a little more than 0.5 per cent of them were found infected. Health workers in the state have so far collected swab samples of 43.35 lakh people and tested around 43.19 lakh of them. While the Covid-19 tally in the state was 1,10,186, at least 1,07,362 patients have recovered from the infection, data shows.
The Covid-19 recovery rate in Jharkhand was 97.41 per cent against the national average of 94.30 per cent. The Covid mortality rate in the state was 0.88 per cent against the national average of 1.50 per cent.
The growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.16 per cent, while the doubling rate was 442.34 days. The growth rate in India was 0.32 per cent and the doubling rate was 213.92 days.