Recoveries soar, no. of active cases in Jharkhand down by 1,500 in a week

Ranchi: Jharkhand recorded six Covid casualties — three in East Singhbhum and one each in Ranchi, Dhanbad and Ramgarh — and 1,263 fresh infections in 24 hours until 10pm on Monday. However, in some respite for the health authorities, the number of active cases fell by almost 1,500 in a week with the state consistently reporting more recoveries than new cases.
The number of active cases had hit an all-time high of 15,545 cases on September 4, but with 7,441 new cases and 10,562 recoveries in six days (including 1,529 on Monday), the figure has now fallen to 14,064. The cumulative caseload in Jharkhand is 62,737, of which 48,112 (76.68%) have recovered and 561 (0.89%) have died.
The state’s positivity ration recorded a marginal fall from around 6% with 5.6% of 22,479 samples tested returning a positive result on Monday. Ranchi and East Singhbhum continued to dominate the numbers of new cases on Monday with a total of 263 and 151 samples testing positive for the virus. Giridih and Garhwa reported 107 and 73 cases respectively and Ramgarh continued its streak with fresh infections with 99 cases on Monday.