Ranchi: After a gap of three days, Jharkhand on Sunday reported no deaths linked to Covid-19 but 203 new infections surfaced, taking the cumulative caseload in the state to 1,04,442. A total of 298 recovered cases was also reported during the day.
Of the total cases, 4,471 are currently active while 99,074 have recovered and 897 have died since the outbreak of the virus in March this year.
According to the evening bulletin issued by the state health department, Ranchi continued to lead the day’s
Covid tally with 60 new cases. It was followed by Hazaribag with 24 cases, Bokaro with 20, Dhanbad with 15, East Singhbhum with 13 and with Deoghar 11 cases. Godda, Pakur and Palamu reported zero cases.
Barring Ranchi and East Singhbhum, which still have over 1,000 active cases, almost all other districts have active cases below the 200-mark.
With the downward trend, the state’s seven days growth rate stands at 0.27% compared to the national average of 0.48%. The seven-day doubling rate in the state, which stands at of 257.17 days, is also far better than the national average of 145.81 days. Moreover, with 94.86% recovery rate, the state’s figure is better than the national average of 92.50%. Jharkhand also reported a mortality rate of 0.85%, which is far less than the national average of 1.50%.