No positive case detected in state, 5 released after being cured

TNN | May 4, 2020, 05:00 IST

Ranchi: No positive case of Covid-19 was detected and six patients recovered from the disease with five them discharged on Sunday, the state health department said. This is the second day when the state detected no positive cases in over 10 days. Earlier on April 21, Jharkhand had also zero positive case.
Talking to TOI, state health secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni said: “A total of 364 samples were tested across three testing centres of the state on Sunday and all have turned out to be negative. Meanwhile, six positive patients across the state have recovered, which included one from Garhwa and three from Ranchi.”
The three recovered patients from Ranchi and two from Deoghar, who were declared cured on Saturday, were discharged. Moreover, swab samples of four girl students, who arrived from Kota by a special train to Dhanbad, were also collected during the day for testing.
Talking to TOI, Dhanbad DC Raj Sinha said, “An 18-year-old had developed high fever after her arrival and was unable to travel, so we have shifted her to an isolation centre in PMCH, Dhanbad, and a team of doctors is attending to her.” The three others travelling with her, all from Bokaro, were advised home quarantine.
In the Garhwa case, DC Harsh Mangla said, “A 24-year-old resident of Garhwa’s Pathan Toli locality tested positive on April 22 and recovered on Sunday after his second test result came negative.” He will be released soon.
In Ranchi, a Bero locality resident and two from Hindpiri area were declared cured by Rims authorities. “The 58-year-old Bero resident and the duo from Hindpiri were declared cured on Sunday after their consecutive results tested negative,” Ranchi SDM Lokesh Mishra said.