The Covid-19 tally in Jharkhand crossed the 60,000 mark on Saturday after as many as 1,420 people were found infected by the virus in 24 hours, data released by the state health department stated.
As per a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) on Saturday night, as many as 1,746 Covid patients recovered from the viral infection on the day, taking the state’s Covid recovery rate closer to the national average. The Covid recovery rate in Jharkhand was 75.55 per cent against the national recovery rate of 77.70 per cent.
East Singhbhum reported the highest number of fresh cases of Coronavirus infection in Jharkhand for the second consecutive day, taking the tally in the district above 10,000. While 270 cases of infection surfaced in East Singhbhum on the day, Ranchi reported 231 cases of infection.
However, both districts reported higher number of recoveries against fresh cases on Saturday, leading to a fall in their respective active cases. As per the NHM bulletin, at least 265 Covid patients recovered in Ranchi, while 306 patients overcame the virus in East Singhbhum.
By Saturday night, there were 3,639 active cases of Covid infection in Ranchi, while the tally here was 12,793. In East Singhbhum, as many as 3,137 patients were battling the virus by the time this report was filed and more than 7,000 patients had recovered.
Dhanbad reported 191 fresh cases of infection while 201 people were found infected in Bokaro. The number of active cases drew close to 1,000 in Dhanbad as only 57 patients recovered there. As per government data, the Covid tally crossed the 3,000 mark in Bokaro, a district that also reported two deaths on Saturday.
Jharkhand’s Covid mortality rate further dropped to 0.89 per cent on Saturday after six patients, including one from Ranchi, died during treatment. East Singhbhum did not report any Covid casualty for the first time in several weeks on Saturday. The district accounts for nearly 50 per cent of the 542 Covid casualties in Jharkhand.
The government on Saturday collected swab samples of 23,152 people and tested 22,238 of them. As per figures with the health department, health workers have so far collected swab samples of 13.67 lakh people and tested 13.52 lakh of them. The state has so far reported 60,460 cases of Covid infection.
As per government records, as many as 45,074 Covid patients have recovered from the infection in Jharkhand, but at least 14,844 people are still undergoing treatment for the viral infection.
