2 deaths take Jharkhand Covid toll to 988

RANCHI: Jharkhand recorded two Covid death, 179 fresh infections and 214 recoveries on Monday, taking the state’s cumulative caseload to 1,10,186. Of these, 1,07,710 have recovered, 988 have died and 1,759 are still battling the viral infection.
The deaths reported on Saturday came from Dhanbad and East Singhbhum. The state capital reported the highest number of new cases (79), followed by Easti Singhbhum (25), Bokaro (13) and Dhanbad (10). The remaining 20 districts reported new cases in single digits. As per government data, taking the recovery rate touched 97.71% while the seven-day growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.15% against the national average of 0.32%.