The number of people overcoming Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand crossed the 1 lakh mark on Wednesday as over 300 patients recovered from the lethal infection in 24 hours, taking the recovery rate up at 95.32 per cent in the state, government data highlighted.
Meanwhile, at least three more Covid-19 patients died in Jharkhand on Wednesday while the number of active cases dropped close to 4000 as the recoveries outnumbered fresh cases on the day, data compiled by the health department stated. As per figures with the health department, at least 1,00,302 Covid patients have recovered from the infection in Jharkhand so far.
As many as 314 Covid-19 patients recovered from the infection on the day against 284 fresh cases surfacing during the same period, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated. With 78 fresh cases and 98 recoveries Ranchi topped among all the districts in terms of fresh cases as well as recoveries.
The number of active cases in Ranchi dropped below that in East Singhbhum for the first time since the entry of the virus in Jharkhand on Wednesday. As per government data, there were 1181 active cases in Ranchi, while at least 1230 people were battling the virus in East Singhbhum.
At least 13 of the 24 districts in Jharkhand reported a single-digit-spike in Covid cases, while three districts – Koderma, Hazaribag and Pakur – did not report even a single fresh case of infection on the day. As many as 40 fresh cases occurred in Bokaro, 29 in East Singhbhum, 16 in Gumla and 13 in Palamu.
