RANCHI: With a steady increase in number of
Covid positive cases in the state during last week, Sunday seemed better with 172 fresh cases and zero death. Number of recoveries was, 182 but the number of tests conducted on Sunday was also significantly lower.
In terms of
positivity rate, Sunday with 1.66% was worse than the last few days when it was as low as 1.12% on Friday. Ranchi once against topped the list with 71 fresh cases, but here too the number of tests carried out came down to 1,541 as against 2,300 plus done on weekdays. As many as 108 recoveries were reported from the district.
Dhanbad with 16 fresh cases,
East Singhbhum with 15 and Ramgarh with 12 cases remained in the list while Chatra, Giridih, Lohardaga, Pakur and Sahibganj did not report any new case. Rest of the districts had fresh cases in single digits.
The total number of cases reported in the state since the outbreak of the pandemic reached 1,13,025 with 97.59% recoveries corresponding to 1,10,307. With no casualty reported on Sunday, it remained at 1,010, representing 0.89% of the net infections reported till date. The seven days’ growth rate remained at 0.17% while the seven-day doubling rate improved slightly to 418.44 days as against 405.28 days reported on Saturday.