The death toll due to Covid-19 crossed the 1,000 mark in Jharkhand on Tuesday night though the number of active cases continued to fall.
According to data released by the state government at 9pm on Tuesday, 111,931 positive cases have been detected in Jharkhand so far, out of which there are at 1,578 active cases and 1,001 patients have died.
Ranchi district had the maximum number of active cases at 758, that accounted for 48 per cent of the total active cases in the state.
Barring East Singhbhum that had 198 active cases on Tuesday night, the rest 22 districts had less than a hundred active cases.
Of these 22 districts, four had single-digit active cases. While Pakur district had just 2 active cases, Giridih, Simdega and Jamtara districts had only 6, 9 and 10 cases respectively.