Four deaths, 207 new Covid cases in Jharkhand

RANCHI: Jharkhand recorded four Covid casualties and 221 new infections from 18 districts (including 14 late on Wedneday night) in the last 24 hours, a state health department bulletin said on Thursday. The total caseload in Jharkhand is now 4,783, 2,228 are active cases, 2,513 have recovered (including 28 on Thursday) and 42 have died.
East Singhbhum recorded its fifth Covid casualty as a 45-year-old man died at Tata Main Hospital (TMH) in Jamshedpur.West Singhbhum reported its first virus death -- an 81-year-old woman, a diabetes patient, from Chaibasa died at the same hospital three days after she was admitted after testing positive for the viral infection.
State capital Ranchi reported it’s ninth Covid casualty -- a 51-year-old woman who died at Rims. “A resident of Vasant Vihar colony, she had tested positive on Wednesday and had several co-morbidities,” said a doctor.
In Giridih, a 65-year-old man who was on ventilator died at Rims on Thursday afternoon. “He was suffering from acute diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney diseases and was on ventilator support for two days,” said a health department official.
Among fresh cases, Ranchi recorded the highest – 41, while Garhwa (36) and Palamu (nine) recorded their biggest single-day spike. Koderman recorded 27 cases, Hazaribag 26, Dhanbad 13 and Sahebganj 10. In the nine other districts, fresh cases was in single digits.