With 82 cases, Jharkhand reports highest number of infections since January 20

RANCHI: Jharkhand reported 82 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, the highest since January 20, while 60 patients recovered from the infection. The number of active cases stood at 599, with the highest being reported from Ranchi (361), followed by East Singhbhum (78). No casualties were reported and the death toll remained at 1,094.
Ranchi witnessed 45 new cases, followed by East Singbhum (17) while Gumla and Bokaro reported five cases each.West Singhbhum reported four cases and Dhanbad reported three and Latehar, Lohardaga and Seraikela reported one case each. The remaining 15 districts did not report any fresh cases.
The state’s infection tally stood at 1, 20, 853. The number of recoveries was 1,19,160.
As many as 22,287 people took their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday. Of them, 16,634 were senior citizens, 2,434 between 45-59 years with co-morbidities and 3,219 were frontline and health workers. As many as 8,967 health and frontline workers took their second dose.