This story is from September 7, 2020

Jharkhand reports 7 Covid deaths; 1,246 new cases takes tally past 50,000

Jharkhand on Sunday reported seven Covid-19 deaths and 1,246 new infections after which the state’s caseload has crossed the 50,000-mark. The death toll has also reached 469.
Jharkhand reports 7 Covid deaths; 1,246 new cases takes tally past 50,000
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RANCHI: Jharkhand on Sunday reported seven Covid-19 deaths and 1,246 new infections after which the state’s caseload has crossed the 50,000-mark. The death toll has also reached 469.
Among the seven casualties reported on Sunday, East Singhbum continued to register the highest number of deaths at four. Ranchi reported two fresh casualties and Sahebganj reported one.

Apart from the rising number of Covid-19 deaths, the state health department has one more reason to worry as the positivity rate saw a spike of more than 3% on Sunday and stood at 9.54% as 1,246 out of total 13057 samples tested positive for the virus.
“In reality, the number of positive cases is not much of problem to worry but an increase of 3% in the positivity rate on a single day means that we are far from reaching the peak of infection in the state,” a senior health department official said.
Ranchi continues to dominate the numbers on positive cases with a total of 349 new infections on Sunday followed by West Singhbhum (110) and East Singhbhum (102). Bokaro and Saraikela reported 97 and 94 cases each while Ramgarh reported 88 and Hazraibag detected 71 new cases.
With 1,246 fresh infections and 1,854 recoveries on Sunday, the cumulative caseload crossed the 50,000-mark and stood at 51,063. Of the total, 14,410 are active and 36,184 have recovered. Amid these grim figures, the health department heaved a sigh of relief as the recovery rate improved and stands at 70.86%.
The seven days growth rate continues to increase in state and stood at 4.13% which is 2% more than the national average of 2.1%. The seven days doubling rate of Jharkhand too reduced to around 17 days which is 50% less than that of the national average of around 33 days.
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