37 Cov deaths, active cases below 20k in Jharkhand

Ranchi: Jharkhand reported 37 deaths and 1,345 new Covid 19 cases as of Sunday night, the state health department said in its bulletin. As many as 4,375 people recovered from the infection, the bulletin said. The cumulative caseload in the state stood at 3,30,417 and the recoveries at 3,06,080. The number of active cases is 19,499.
Among the deaths, 12 were reported in Ranchi while nine succumbed in East Singhbhum followed by three each in Bokaro and Hazaribag. Two deaths each were reported from Deoghar and Dhanbad while six districts Garhwa, Palamu, Ramgarh, Sahebganj, Simdega and West Singhbhum reported one death each. As many as 12 districts did not report any casualty on Sunday. Of the new cases, East Singhbhum reported a maximum of 172 followed by Ranchi with 159. Barring Pakur that had six new cases all other districts had new cases in double digits.
Meanwhile, as many as 42,879 people took their first doses of the Covid vaccine while 1,732 took their second doses on Sunday.