Ranchi, May 14: Twenty two new COVID-19 cases were reported in Jharkhand on Thursday, May 14 taking the state tally to 203. �According to state health secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni, 22 new cases have come up in Jharkhand including seven from Palamau, five from Ranchi, eight from Hazaribagh and one each from Jamshedpur and Koderma on May 14 taking the Jharkhand Coronavirus tally to 203 till the time of going to press. Of the five positive cases in Ranchi, three have come up from Angara and one each from Kokar and one patient from the eye department of RIMS Hospital. With this the total positive cases in Ranchi have gone up to 102. Koderma positive is 51-year-old from Konko panchayat of Chandwara block who returned from Kolkata. In Palamau the cases have risen to 15. In Jamshedpur first coronavirus positive is from Baridih area who is a Kolkata migrant. �Earlier, eight COVID-19 cases were reported in Jharkhand on Wednesday, May 13.
15 districts out 24 in the state have been affected with COVID19 infection with East Singhbhum and Latehar district being the recent entry in the list. All new samples tested positive are of the migrants and stranded labourers.
Out of 203 positive cases so far, 102 are from Ranchi, 23 from Garhwa, 10 from Bokaro, 15 from Palamau, 11 from Giridih, four each from Deoghar, and Dhanbad, five from Koderma, 20 from Hazaribagh, three from East Singhbhum, two each from Jamtara, Simdega and Dumka. One person each from Godda and Latehar has also tested positive for coronavirus.
Capital Ranchi accounts for 102 out of a total of 203 Covid cases. The Hindpiri locality in Ranchi is worst affected by the virus. This hotspot area is being manned by the CRPF personnel.
Jharkhand has reported three deaths due to coronavirus so far. 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.
Chief Minister Hemant Soren in his statement to media has once again reiterated that lockdown is in force in the entire state of Jharkhand. Soren also said that calling off Lockdown in the month of Ramadan will not be a wise step.
The state government shall adhere to the instructions given by the Central government for extending or calling off the lockdown. Soren also said that a large number of migrant workers are constantly returning to their state through the special Shramik trains run by Ministry of Railways. He said that the state government is committed to bring back all the migrant labourers to their homes. The state government has also devised action plan to provide employment to the migrant labourers under MGNREGA.
