Recovery rate among Coronavirus patients goes beyond 90 percent in state, 697 cases found on Saturday

Ranchi: The recovery rate among the Coronavirus patients in the state has gone beyond the 90 percent mark on Saturday despite a total of 697 fresh cases of Covid-19 being detected across Jharkhand due to which the overall tally has now reached to 91,951.

During the day 3 deaths were reported 1 each from Ranchi, Dumka and Dhanbad districts after which the overall death count has increased to 784 in the state. The mortality rate among the patients currently stands at 0.85 percent.

As per the information provided by the health department the number of active cases in the state was 8,362 while the number of cured and discharged cases stood at 82,805. The total number of death caused by Coronavirus in the state stood at 784.

On Saturday a maximum number of 270 cases were found in Ranchi followed by 67 in East Singhbhum, 65 in Dhanbad, 46 in Bokaro, and 22 each in Giridih and Gumla districts (top five districts).

A total of  1,131 people were also cured and discharged from various dedicated Covid-19 facilities during the day including 391 from Ranchi, 115 from Lohardaga, 102 from East Singhbhum, 59 from Dhanbad and 55 from Hazaribagh. 

Despite the rampant rise in Coronavirus cases across the state the recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has improved significantly and has once gone above 90 percent mark to currently stand at 90.05 percent in Jharkhand.

So far in the state 26,20,465 samples have been collected out of which 26,15,470 have been tested and 25,23,519 have turned out to be negative.