Four Covid deaths in Jharkhand, number of active cases below 4,000 after 4 months

RANCHI: Jharkhand recorded four Covid deaths, 269 new infections and 606 recoveries on Thursday, taking the state’s cumulative caseload to 1,05,493. Of these, 3,668 are active cases — the lowest since July 22 — 1,00,908 have recovered and 917 have died. Ranchi, Chatra, Latehar, Palamu reported one death each.
Of the 269 cases detected on Thursday, 65 were from Ranchi while East Singhbhum reported 49 and Dhanbad reported 43 patients each.

The number of active cases in Latehar and Giridih fell to 18 and 19 respectively, indicating that these two districts could become Covid-free if precautionary measures are followed strictly. Ranchi and East Singhbhum too reported a decline with 1,116 and 1,012 cases respectively.