141 Covid deaths take May toll past 1,000-mark, 6,100 new cases in Jharkhand

RANCHI: Jharkhand recorded 141 Covid deaths on Saturday, taking the pandemic’s toll to 3,756, of which 1,086 (27%) have been recorded in the first eight days of this month. The state also recorded 6,112 new cases and 5,953 recoveries, taking the number of active cases to 61,195.
Of the new infections, East Singhbhum district surpassed hotspot Ranchi in terms of daily spike for the first time during the outbreak, logging 1,025 new cases compared to 836 in the state capital. Other districts with a big surge included Bokaro (729 cases), Palamu (433), Ramgarh (224), Hazaribag (271) among others. Only five out of the 24 districts registered double digit spike during this period.
Among the fatalities, Ranchi reported 42 deaths followed by East Singbhum (25), Dhanbad (11), Bokaro and Chatra (eight each), Hazaribag (nine), Koderma (seven), Giridh (five), West Singbhum and Jamtara (three each), Ramgarh, Palamu, Latehar, Khunti, Godda and Deoghar (two each) and Dumka, Garhwa, Simdega, and Seraikela-Kharsawan (one each from). Gumla, Pakur, and Sahebganj did not report any deaths.
Meanwhile, as many as 27,21,466 have got their first dose of vaccination so far while 5,74,774 have received both the doses.