Covid-19: Edu Minister undergoes lung transplant in Chennai

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Covid-19: Edu Minister undergoes lung transplant in Chennai

Thursday, 12 November 2020 | PNS | Ranchi

State Education Minister Jagarnath Mahto underwent a lung transplant surgery at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) hospital in Chennai on Tuesday, while another member of the Hemant Soren Cabinet, Rameshwar Oraon tested positive for Covid-19, taking the count of state ministers being infected by the lethal virus to six in Jharkhand.

“We found a suitable donor today and immediately proceeded with the surgery. He (Mahto) is stable and has been shifted to the ICU, where he will be kept under observation,” said Dr. Apar Jindal, the Clinical Director of Lung Transplant, Interventional Pulmonology and Chest Medicine at MGM.

State Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon, who was among the 252 people who tested positive for Covid-19 in Jharkhand on Tuesday, was admitted in Bhagwan Mahavir Medica Superspecialty Hospital. Oraon had met several bureaucrats, party workers and even chief minister Hemant Soren recently, putting all of them under Covid scanner.

Meanwhile, five more people died of Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand on Tuesday, taking the toll up at 910, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated. The casualties occurred in Ranchi, East Singhbhum, Deoghar, Bokaro, Chatra and Giridih. Each of the districts reported one death each.

The Covid-19 recovery rate, however, improved on the day as at least 456 patients overcame the virus in 24 hours, government data stated. The total number of Covid recoveries in the state inched towards 1 lakh on the day. As per government data, of the 1,04,940 people infected by the virus so far, 99988 have recovered, taking the recovery rate up at 95.28 per cent.

None of the districts reported a triple-digit spike in Covid cases on Tuesday. With 43 cases, Ranchi reported the highest spike among all the 24 districts in Jharkhand. However, with 153 recoveries, the district also had the highest contribution in Covid recoveries reported on the day.

As per government data, there were around 1200 active cases in Ranchi on Tuesday and around 1250 active cases in East Singhbhum, which reported 36 fresh cases against 85 recoveries. At least 31 people were found infected in Bokaro, 32 in Dhanbad, 12 in Deoghar and 12 in Simdega. As many as 13 districts reported a single-digit-spike on the day, while no cases occurred in Pakur.

The government on Tuesday tested swab samples of 28,815 people and less than 1 per cent of them were found infected. So far, health workers across Jharkhand have collected swab samples of 37 lakh people and tested 36.87 lakh of them.

As per Government data, the growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.24 per cent against the national average of 0.47 per cent. The doubling rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 284.91 days against the national average of 146.73 days.

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