J’khand reports 15 deaths, 940 new cases take tally past 31k

Ranchi: Jharkhand on Monday reported 15 Covid-19 deaths from across the state, taking the total number of casualties to 335. The state also reported 940 new infections after which the cumulative caseload in the state stood at 31,118.
Meanwhile, JMM president and chief minister Hemant Soren's father Shibu Soren and his wife Rupi Soren have been shifted to Medanta Hospital. Earlier, they were under home isolation after they tested positive for the virus on Saturday.
Hemant, his wife Kalpana and the staff of CMO tested negative. Soren is under home quarantine after health minister Banna Gupta tested positive on August 18. Gupta had taken part in a cabinet. Later on August 22, agriculture minister Badal Patralekh tested positive.
Most of Monday's Covid deaths were reported from East Singhbhum district (10) while two were reported from Dumka. One death each was also reported from Ranchi, Dhanbad and Koderma districts, the state health department said in its evening bulletin. Of the total deaths, East Singhbhum has the highest number of fatalities at 144 out of all the 24 districts followed by Ranchi at 51.
The state also reported 889 recoveries, taking the total number of cured persons to 21,025. Till date, Jharkhand has 9,758 active cases of Covid-19. Among the fresh cases reported on Monday, Ranchi reported 160 new infections followed by East Singhbhum at 147 cases. Giridih reported 80 cases while Dhanbad reported 74. Koderma and Garhwa reported 64 and 42 cases while Ramgarh and Bokaro reported 39 new cases respectively.