Covid cases continue to climb in Ranchi as 82 infections surface in the day

Pakur on Wednesday became the only district in Jharkhand to have no Covid patients. As per figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM), there was only one Covid-19 patient in the district and the patient tested negative for the virus on the day, while no fresh cases surfaced there. Dumka, Simdega and Giridih districts also had less than 10 active cases by the end of the day. 

As many as 202 cases of Covid-19 infection surfaced in Jharkhand on Wednesday, while 204 patients recovered, bringing the number of active cases of infection in the state down at 1633, figures compiled by the state health department highlighted. 

Ranchi, the district with highest number of Covid patients in Jharkhand, reported 82 cases against 88 recoveries on the day. At least 20 people were found infected in East Singhbhum while 21 patients recovered there. Dhanbad reported 24 cases against 26 recoveries on the day. Ramgarh reported 16 cases against seven recoveries.

No Covid casualties occured in any part of Jharkhand in the past 24 hours, a bulletin released by the NHM highlighted. So far, the deadly virus has claimed 1014 lives in Jharkhand. At least 355 victims were from East Singhbhum, while 209 were from Ranchi. 

At least four districts did not report even a single case of Covid-19 infection on the day, while 16 districts reported a single-digit-spike. 

The government on Wednesday tested swab samples of 15,549 people on the day and more than 1.5 per cent of them were found infected. So far, health workers have collected swab samples of 46.88 lakh people and tested 46.78 lakh of them. 

As per government data, the Covid-19 tally in the state was 1,13,609 and 1,10,962 patients have recovered so far, taking the Covid recovery rate up at 97.67 per cent against the national average of 95.70 per cent. 

As per official records with the health department, the growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.16 per cent against the national average of 0.20 per cent. The doubling rate of cases in the state was 429.23 days against the national average of 340.83 days.