Ranchi: Jharkhand recorded six
Covid death on the last day of Chhath Puja on Saturday, the highest single-day casualty figure since November 9 and the second-highest this month. With just 175 cases being detected through the day, the casualty rate rose marginally and touched 0.88%. Till date 1,07,332 persons have been infected with the coronavirus, of which 945 have died, 1,03,957 have recovered, including 333 on Saturday. A total of 2,430 patients are still battling the infection across the state. Of the six deaths on Saturday, Ranchi reported two while East Singhbhum, Godda, Hazaribag and Jamtara reported one each. Among the 175 new cases, 59 were from Ranchi while East Singhbhum reported 33 and Bokaro 30. With 171 recoveries in Ranchi, the number of active cases in the capital fell below the 1,000-mark again – the district had 902 active cases on Saturday, the lowest since July 22. While the statewide recovery rate stood at 96.85%, the seven-day growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.17% against the national average of 0.38%.