Ranchi:
Jharkhand registered an increase in active cases for the third straight day with fewer recoveries recorded than the number of fresh infections. On Thursday, out of 14,446 samples tested in the state, 240 were found to be positive for Covid-19, taking the positivity rate to 1.66%. About 218 persons were also declared recovered during the day.
The maximum number of cases were once again reported from Ranchi with 110 new cases and one out of three deaths reported in the state. The second death was from Khunti and the third from Bokaro. East Singhbhum with 31, Dhanbad with 26 and Bokaro with 13 cases remained in the list of districts with a high rate of infection. Five districts — Dumka, Giridih, Jamtara, Pakur and Sahibganj — did not report any fresh infections while the remaining 15 districts reported new cases in single digits.
The total number of cases reported in the state since the outbreak of the pandemic reached 1, 15,113 while the recoveries stood at 1, 12, 424, indicating a recovery rate of 97.66%. The seven-day growth rate was 0.14%, while the seven-day doubling rate deteriorated slightly to 479.47 days.