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A health worker collects the swab samples of a passenger at Ranchi railway station on Saturday RANCHI: Jharkhand on Saturday reported 873 new cases of Covid-19 and 161 recoveries and while the number of active cases stood at 4,613. As many as seven people died from the infection, the highest this year, taking the total death toll to 1,122. Fifty-four percent of the new cases were reported from state capital Ranchi as 472 people tested positive, taking the district’s active caseload to 2,625. East Singhbhum reported 101 cases taking its active case tally to 539. Hazaribag reported 32 while Bokaro reported 29. Dhanbad reported 26 while Dumka reported 23 cases. With three casualties, even the number of deaths were the highest in Ranchi while Bokaro, Chatra, Dhanbad and East Singhbhum reported one death each. ....
Dumka: The Deoghar deputy commissioner-cum-district election officer, Manjunath Bhajantri, has laid stress on making foolproof arrangements to restrict the spread of coronavirus during the upcoming bypoll in Madhupur. On Saturday, Bhajantri chaired a high-level meeting with his subordinates to review the preparatory arrangements for the April 17 by-election. He directed them to ensure strict compliance of the Covid-control measures in all the 487 polling booths. “All the 487 polling booths must be equipped with the required facilities so that the voters and the polling agents can be provided with gloves, masks and sanitisers. There should be proper barricading at the booths to maintain social distancing,” Bhajantri said. He added that the sector magistrate and police officials need to submit a report of the action taken in their respective polling booths for preventing the spread of the virus on April 17. ....
Youngsters without masks at the interstate bus terminus in Kantatoli Ranchi on Saturday RANCHI: With the second wave of coronavirus gripping the state despite the inoculation drive going on in full swing, healthcare experts are of the view that vaccinating just the vulnerable age group won’t help unless those within the 18-40 age range are also included. The experts feel that age group is more likely to contribute to the disease spread as many of them step out for work. Dr Vijay Mishra, the critical care expert and director of the Ranchi-based Shree Bhagwan Mahavir Medica Hospital, said, “Around 15% of the patients admitted here are below 35 years and although the percentage is not very high, we need to keep this in mind that there are many Covid patients within that age range who do not require hospitalisation and are in home isolation. ....
Chief minister Hemant Soren speaks to Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari virtually on Saturday RANCHI: The Union minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari, on Saturday inaugurated seven projects and laid the foundation of 14 others collectively worth Rs 3,550 crore via video conferencing from New Delhi. He announced that the Centre will invest Rs 1 lakh crore for road construction projects in Jharkhand in the next three years. “The Bharatmala project, which will develop an economic corridor, will be completed by next year and we expect the state government to prepare a detailed project report for the road projects specified in Bharatmala and send it to the Centre on time,” Gadkari said. ....
The hospital managements were also asked to maintain a database of Covid-19 patients who are being admitted to their facilities. RANCHI: Anticipating a spurt in the number of hospitalisations, the Ranchi district administration on Thursday asked private hospitals of the city to increase their Covid-19 beds. Deputy commissioner Chhavi Ranjan met representatives of the hospitals at the Collectorate Building and also urged them to stick to tariffs which were set by the state health department in the peak of the pandemic last year. The hospital managements were also asked to maintain a database of Covid-19 patients who are being admitted to their facilities. ....