Jharkhand: Covid caseload breaches 1.1 lakh mark, last 10,00 ..

RANCHI: Jharkhand recorded one Covid death, 196 fresh infections and 288 recoveries on Saturday, taking the state’s cumulative caseload to 1,10,186. Of these, 1,07,362, 979 have died and 1,845 are still battling the viral infection. As the state crossed the 1.1 lakh-case milestone, there was a reason for relief as the last 10,000 cases were reported in 39 days, the slowest since the first 10,000 cases were reported (129 days).
The lone death reported on Friday came from state capital Ranchi, taking the body count in the capital to 202. The city also reported the highest number of new cases (80), followed by Dhanbad and Bokaro which 24 cases each. The remaining 21 districts reported less than 10 cases. As per government data, taking the recovery rate touched 97.41% while the seven-day growth rate of the virus in Jharkhand was 0.16% against the national average of 0.32%.