Jamshedpur/Ranchi, June 19: Jharkhand on Friday reported 44 new coronavirus cases taking the tally to 1965. In Jamshedpur the COVID-19 tally has risen to 285 with 5 new cases reported on June 19.
Two positives have travel history to Delhi while one has come back from Kolkata and were institutional quarantine.
One of the positive is a resident of Potka, 1 from Azadnagar in Mango and three belong to Telco. All the positives have been admitted to COVID-19 ward. Jamshedpur also saw 14 people defeat coronavirus and have been discharged from the hospital.
Other positives in Jharkhand are from Simdega 21, Hazaribagh 8, Ranchi, 6, Lohardaga 3 and 1 from Chatra. In Ranchi three positives �were detected from private lab Medica, one of the positive is a resident of Dhurwa while other two are admitted at Medica hospital including a woman. One of the person is a resident of Giridih. Of the 24 districts in Jharkhand 7 is corona free. �On Friday 137 people in the state have overcome the virus and were discharged. Total of 1335 people have defeated coronavirus in Jharkhand. The total active cases now stand at 715. East Singhbhum is leading the state with 127 active cases while 155 are virus free.
The recovery rate in the state is above 62.42 per cent. Jharkhand reported its 11th coronavirus death on Thursday. The person�s report came positive after his death on Wednesday. The 48-year-old man was admitted to Hazaribagh Medical College Hospital isolation ward. The deceased is a resident of Mungra village in Ichak block and was taxi driver in Mumbai who returned to Hazariabagh on June 14 with his family. He was admitted to the hospital on June 15.
Most of the 1,965 cases have been found positive is migrants.
In Jharkhand, there has been no percentage prevalence of community transmission found in the Sero-Survey conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in three districts of the state. Based on the reports received by ICMR, there is no community transmission of COVID-19 in Jharkhand.
The migrant labourers who returned over the last one month, around 1500 have contributed to the state tally. East Singhbhum has become the new hot spot in the state with 127 active cases.
The first case of the pandemic was reported from Hindpiri on March 31, when a 22-year-old Malaysian woman, who had been to Delhi�s Tablighi Jamaat congregation, tested positive. She has since been discharged after being recorded from the dreaded disease. Earlier, two intern doctors at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) were found to be Covid-19 positive, health officials said, adding that they had a recent travel history.
East Singhbhum district accounts for 285 cases out of a total of 1965.
