Covid-19 tally nears 70,000
RANCHI: There seems no respite in sight for Jharkhand, as the surge in daily detection of Covid-19 cases continues unabated, pushing the tally close to the 70,000-mark.
The state capital Ranchi, hardest hit by the pandemic and placed at the top of the list of Covid-19 cases, crossed the 15,000-mark on Saturday.
According to the health department’s bulletin of September 20 morning, the state reported 1,222 new cases and 12 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the tally to 69,860 cases, including 13,534 active cases, 55,709 recoveries and 617 deaths.
Ranchi reported the maximum 284 new cases, taking the district’s tally to 15,239 cases, which accounts for nearly 22% of the state’s total caseload.
The district’s positivity rate stood at 10.47%, meaning that of the 100 samples tested, atleast 10 people were found infected. The state’s positivity rate stood at around 4.14%.
East Singhbhum with its headquarters in Jamshedpur is placed second in the list of most Covid-19 cases with 12,123 cases. It reported the highest number of deaths, as 268 out of the 617 fatalities occurred in Jamshedpur alone.
Ranchi and East Singhbhum together yielded 27,162 cases and 368 deaths, which account for over 39% of the state’s total case tally and 59% of the overall casualties. Among the 12 deaths that occurred in the state in the last 24 hours, East Singhbhum reported four, Ranchi and West Singhbhum registered two each and Dhanbad, Ramgarh, Latehar and Chatra reported one each.
The only good news for Jharkhand is its high recovery rate of 79.72%, which is better than the national average of 78.60%.