Ranchi: Jharkhand on Sunday reported seven Covid-19 deaths but witnessed a dip in the number of fresh infections. The recovery rate is also high among the infected patients with 452 patients declared cured and discharged on Sunday.
Among the seven deaths, there were reported from Ranchi district while Deogarh, Dhanbad, Koderma and Palamu reported one each.
Meanwhile, the state reported 385 new positive cases out of 16,638 samples tested on Sunday. The positivity rate now comes down to 2.31%. Of the fresh cases, Ranchi has the highest figure with 242 even as several other districts reported zero new cases.
The cumulative caseload in the state is now 96,532, of which 6,502 are active and 89,011 have recovered. A total of 839 patients have succumbed to the virus so far.