288 fresh Covid infections, 4 deaths reported in Jharkhand

Ranchi: Jharhand on Friday reported a steep decline in the single-day fresh Covid-19 infections in comparison with recovered cases, bringing down the number of active cases to below 3,500. The state, however, witnessed four Covid-related deaths, taking the toll to 921.
In the last 24 hours, the state reported 288 new cases and 606 recoveries after which the number of active cases dropped to 3,291.Of the fresh 288 cases, 84 were from Ranchi alone while Bokaro reported 45, East Singhbhum 29 and Dhanbad reported 26 new patients.
Ranchi and East Singhbhum, which are high prevalence districts, have fewer active cases now after the number of recovered cases increased. On Friday, Ranchi reported 155 recovered cases while East Singhbhum reported 317, bringing down the active cases in the districts to 1,044 and 713 cases respectively. The recovery rate in the state is now 96.01%.
The deaths were reported from Bokaro, East Singhbhum, Ramgarh and Ranchi. The state's casualty rate stands at 0.87% currently.
As of Friday evening, the state has a cumulative caseload of 1,05,781 of which 1,01,569 patients have recovered. The state's seven-day growth rate is 0.21% as against the national average of 0.45%. The doubling rate of the virus in the state is also 330.41 days which is far better than the national figure of 155.76 days.