Ranchi: With 46
Covid deaths and 4,290 new
cases detected in
Jharkhand on Monday, the month of April has already become the worst during the pandemic both for the state and the capital city as far as new cases and death toll are concerned.
A total of 358 deaths have reported in the 19 days April, surpassing August’s figure of 313. Also, 43034 new Covid cases have been detected this month, more than September’s 41,882. In the last 48 hours alone, 96 deaths have been reported in the state -- an average of two casualties per hour.
With 1,777 recoveries through the day (the highest in this calendar year), the number of active cases in the state soared past the 30,000-mark and stood at 30,477 – almost twice the number (15,545) recorded in the peak of the first wave on September 4.
Among the new cases, Ranchi continued to lead the daily surge with a new peak of 1,404 infections and 14 deaths. East Singhbhum recoded 639 cases and 10 deaths. Other districts with triple digit spike included Bokaro (148), Deoghar (112), Dhanbad (149), Hazaribag (237), Khunti (103), Koderma (230), Ramgarh (145), Sahebganj (153) and Simdega (137).
Eleven other districts too witnessed Covid deaths in last 24 hours, including three each in Bokaro, Dhanbad, Koderma and Lohardaga, two each in Chatra, Garhwa, and West Singbhum, and one each from Godda, Gumla, Latehar and Sahebganj. As far as vaccination is concerned, 24,52,006 took first dose of drugs whereas 3,59,378 got second dose since start of the drive earlier this year.