J’khand records 54 cases, recovery rate increases

Ranchi: Jharkhand continued to see nearly 50% dip in fresh cases of Covid-19 for the third consecutive day on Saturday with only 54 fresh cases. Barring Koderma, which reported 35 cases, other districts recorded only single-digit cases. Koderma also became the seventh district in the state to cross the 100-mark on Saturday. The district’s tally now stands at 128.
The total number of cases in the state has risen to 1,711; of which 887 are active and 816 have recovered. Eight persons have succumbed to the viral infection.
Two other districts of Kolhan division have crossed the 200-mark with Simdega at 232 and East Singhbhum detecting 230 cases. Ranchi has a total of 165 cases while Hazaribag has 132 and Dhanbad’s tally stands at 114. Ramgarh with 108 cases is also among the districts with over 100 cases.
The state also saw a jump in the number of recoveries as 131 patients were cured and discharged from hospitals on Saturday.
“We are pleased to inform that we have recorded a 50% jump in our recovery rate in comparison to fresh cases on Saturday. A total of 54 people tested positive for the virus and 131 were discharged from different districts after their recovery,” a health department official said.
In Ranchi, a 60-year-old resident of Dhanbad district, who was admitted to Rims with complaints of persistent fever, cough and cold for over a week, tested positive on Saturday. He was admitted to the Covid ward of the hospital since he showed symptoms.
“The patient had come from Dhanbad with persistent flu symptoms on June 11. After screening, we had admitted him to our Covid wing and he tested positive on Saturday,” a Rims official said.