Fresh cases of Covid-19 infection outnumbered recoveries in Jharkhand for the second day this week on Thursday, causing a marginal rise in the number of active cases of infection and a drop in the Covid recovery rate, figures compiled by the state health department highlighted.
A bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated that as many as 230 people were found infected across the state in the past 24 hours and 218 Covid patients recovered during the same period. However, the count of active cases dropped in Ranchi despite the district reporting the highest spike in the Covid caseload among all the 24 districts in Jharkhand.
As many as 64 cases surfaced in Ranchi against 92 recoveries, while East Singhbhum reported 32 fresh cases against 24 recoveries, revealed government data. Among other districts, Dhanbad reported 25 cases against seven recoveries, while Bokaro reported 30 cases against 10 recoveries.
Fresh cases surfaced in all the districts of Jharkhand on Thursday. However, at least 17 of 24 districts reported a single-digit-spike in cases of Covid-19 infection. Barring Ranchi, all the districts reported fewer fresh cases than 50 on the day, highlighted the bulletin released by NHM.
Meanwhile, three more Covid patients – one each from Ranchi, Deoghar and Bokaro – died during treatment on Thursday, taking the Covid-19 toll in Jharkhand up at 961. Jharkhand has already reported more than a dozen Covid fatalities this week despite a fall in the growth rate of the virus in the state. The Covid mortality rate in Jharkhand, put at 0.88 per cent by NHM, was lower than the national average of 1.50 per cent.
The government tested swab samples of 17,598 people on Thursday and around 1.5 per cent of them were found infected. Health workers also collected swab samples of 14,087 Covid suspects and people volunteering to get tested on the day. However, around 17,000 swab samples were still pending for tests.
The Government has so far collected swab samples of over 40 lakh people and tested around 39.84 lakh of them. Of the nearly 40 lakh people tested, as many as 1,08,388 were found infected and 1,05,258 of them have recovered.
