Ranchi: Jharkhand recorded five Covid deaths, 181 new cases and 227 recoveries on Tuesday, taking the state’s cumulative caseload to 1,09,332. Of these, 1,06,398 recovered and 969 have died. With number of new cases consistently lower than new infections, the number of active cases fell to 1,965, the first time the figure has been below the 2,000-mark since July 14.
Two deaths were reported from Bokaro while Dhanbad, East Singbhum and Seraikela-Kharsawan recorded on each. Jharkhand’s mortality rate was 0.88%, lower than the national average of 1.5%. While Khunti, Latehar, Pakur and Sahibganj did not record any new infections, Ranchi reported 81 cases followed by East Singbhum (18) and Simdega (14). The remaining 17 districts reported new cases in single digits.