The state on Wednesday surpassed the last highest single-day-spike in Covid cases this month as at least 693 people, including 351 in Ranchi, were found positive on Thursday.
On Tuesday, the state reported 418 fresh cases of infection, the highest in a day in 2021. On Wednesday, only 129 Covid patients recovered from the infection, and the active caseload reached 2825.
According to the National Health Mission bulletin, the active Covid caseload in Ranchi alone was 1562 after Wednesday’s findings, which is more than 50 per cent of the total active cases in the state.
Even though the state did not report any fresh Covid casualties on the day, the growth rate of infection in Jharkhand further increased to 0.26 per cent from 0.21 per cent on Tuesday.