Ranchi: The number of active Covid cases in Jharkhand breached the 50,000-mark on Tuesday with 6,020 new infections and 4.247 recoveries in the last 24 hours. With 131 deaths, the state also registered its biggest single-day fatality count, surpassing the 124 reported on Monday.
The state’s cumulative caseload stood at 2,13,414, of which 1,59,916 have recovered, 51,252 are active cases and 2,246 have died. More than half the death through the pandemic have taken place this month alone.
Ranchi continued to get a four-digit spikes as 1574 new cases and 61 deaths. East Singhbhum accounted for 992 infection and 14 deaths. The surge continued in Hazaribag too with 584 cases, followed by Ramgarh (301), Bokaro (275), Jamtara (266) and Dhanbad (221). As many as eight districts logged between 100 and 200 cases. Remaining seven districts reported cases in double digits.
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