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Over 54 people found infected by the COVID virus in Jharkhand on Sunday were residents of Ranchi, a district that reported 70 per cent of the state`s COVID cases, on Saturday, figures compiled by the health department revealed.
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Over 54 people found infected by the COVID virus in Jharkhand on Sunday were residents of Ranchi, a district that reported 70 per cent of the state`s COVID cases, on Saturday, figures compiled by the health department revealed.
As many as 40 of the 54 people found infected were from Ranchi, while no other district in Jharkhand reported a double-digit-spike in Covid cases on the day.
As per a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM), Ranchi also accounted for more than half of the active cases of Covid-19 infection in Jharkhand.
Of the 821 people battling the viral infection in the state, at least 428 were from Ranchi.
Two more Covid-19 patients died during treatment in Jharkhand on Sunday, taking the Covid toll in the state up at 1063, figures compiled by the state health department highlighted.
Ranchi and West Singhbhum reported one Covid casualty each in the past 24 hours.
The total count of Covid fatalities reached 230 in Ranchi on the day, the second-highest among the 24 districts in Jharkhand.
East Singhbhum has reported 356 Covid casualties so far, stated a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM).
At least 16 of 24 districts did not report fresh Covid cases on the day, the bulletin stated.
While East Singhbhum reported six cases against 16 recoveries, Dhanbad reported only one case against 10 recoveries.