Covid-19: One death, 145 fresh cases in Jharkhand

RANCHI: A 55-year-old Giridih man died on Saturday morning at a private hospital here after testing positive for Covid-19, taking the state's toll to 24. On Saturday, Jharkhand also reported 145 fresh cases of coronavirus from 23 of the total 24 districts. Khunti is the only district which did not report any new cases. For the past few days, the state has been witnessing a steep rise in the number of positive cases.
State health officials said he passed away during treatment at the Medanta Hospital. He was a resident of Hesla village under Bagodar police station limits in Giridih district. A hospital official said, "He was admitted to our hospital on July 8. The patient was suffering from high fever and diabetes. He tested positive on July 6 and died during treatment around 5am."
Of the total new cases reported, Garhwa topped the chart with 21 fresh infections. The district recorded a huge surge as it reported only 11 cases in the last one week.
In Ranchi, fewer cases were reported in comparison with the last two days. The entire district reported a total of 15 new infections.
Among 15 infected are a senior police officer, a journalist and six members of a family. "A DSP-rank officer of Jharkhand Police and a journalist have tested positive in Ranchi on Saturday. Besides, six members of a family residing in an apartment in Kanke Road area have also tested positive," a health department official said.
The Ranchi district administration has sealed the residential society with immediate effect and will start the contact-tracing exercise from Sunday.
With Saturday's fresh cases, the cumulative figure of positive cases in the state has reached 3,663, of which 2,256 have recovered and 1,083 are active. Moreover, 24 people have succumbed to the viral infection.
Meanwhile, Koderma and East Singhbhum also reported a high number of cases at 13 each on Saturday. In Chatra, 12 persons were found infected while Ramgarh detected 10 cases.
Districts which reported only single-digit cases included Gumla which had eight cases and Palamu with seven cases while Giridih and Bokaro reported six cases each. Lohardaga and Dhanbad reported five cases while Sahebganj, Saraikela detected four cases each. Latehar and Pakur also had three cases each.
Two cases were also reported from Hazaribag and Jamtara while Godda, Simdega, West Singhbhum and Dumka reported one case each.