Active cases drop below 100 in 16 of the 24 Jharkhand districts

With healthy recoveries reported every day, the number of active cases of Covid-19 infection has dropped below 100 in at least 16 of 24 districts in Jharkhand, figures released by the health department highlighted on Saturday, a day when as many as 474 people were found infected across the state.

As per government data, the number of active cases in Jharkhand increased slightly on the day after only 367 Covid patients recovered against the nearly 500 fresh cases in 24 hours. However, only Ranchi, East Singhbhum, Khunti, Saraikela, Gumla, Deoghar and Bokaro had more than 100 active cases of infection by Saturday night. As many as 5,302 people were battling the virus across the state on Saturday, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) showed.

Covid fatalities have reduced in the past 48 hours in Jharkhand. On Saturday, one patient died during treatment in Dhanbad, taking the toll to 884, government data stated. No Covid casualties occurred on Friday. As per government data, the Covid mortality rate in Jharkhand was 0.83 per cent against the national average of 1.50 per cent.