478 new cases in Jharkhand, none in Pakur dist

Ranchi: Jharkhand reported 478 new Covid-19 cases and 13 deaths on Friday. East Singhbhum clocked the highest number of cases (102) followed by Dhanbad (43) and Simdega (42) and Ranchi (40). Pakur remained the only district with no new case. With as many as 60,416 tests conducted, the positivity rate was at 0.79%.
The state’s cumulative caseload was at 3,40,408 while the fatalities were at 5,034. In terms of casualties, Ranchi and East Singhbhum reported three deaths each while seven districts reported one death each while 15 districts had no casualty.
As on Friday, Jharkhand had 6,832 active cases with the biggest chunk of 1,846 cases in Ranchi.