Jamshedpur: After 214 days from the first case on May 12, the number of positive
cases of Covid-19 in East
Singhbhum district crossed the 17000-mark on Thursday.
Though, there’s been a comparative decline in the daily number of fresh cases in the district, the count is steadily increasing.
“Cases are not rising in big numbers every day, but the virus and the associated threat remains. We have to be alert and sincerely comply with the safety guidelines as we used to do at the peak of the pandemic,” said India Medical Association’s Jamshedpur chapter secretary Mrityunjay Singh.
Notably, for the past three weeks, the district has been reporting an average of 20 cases each day with a current recovery rate of 97% and mortality rate of 2.2%. Till Thursday, the district recorded 16,453 recoveries and 374 deaths.
The last 1,000 cases took 35 days when 1,980 recovered and 18 died of the virus. Currently, 175 active cases are under treatment in the district.
The
Covid data of the district administration suggests that the urban municipal areas like Jamshedpur, Mango and Jugsalai require more precaution as more number of cases are being reported from these areas.
“Of the total 17,002 cases, the urban circle’s contribution is 13,309 whereas, the cumulative share of the remaining nine blocks is 3,693,” said a data commuting official at the civil surgeon’s office.
The additional chief medical officer, Sahir Pal, said testing in the district is on with a focus on crowded public places in the urban and rural areas. The health department has collected 4,18,706 samples and tested 4,06,277 samples so far.