Ranchi, April 28: Two more person tested positive for coronavirus in Jharkhand, taking the total number of cases to 107 in Jharkhand on Wednesday, official said.
�Two more patients has tested positive for COVID-19 today in Ranchi’s Hindpiri and another in Jamtara. Total positive cases in Jharkhand has touched 107 while cases in Ranchi touched 78,� he said.
Red Zone Ranchi has recorded 78 Corona positive cases while the COVID-19 cases in hotspot Hindpiri have jumped to 56 on Wednesday.
Out of the total 107 positive cases so far, 78 are from Ranchi, 10 from Bokaro, three from Hazaribagh, Palamau and Garhwa, two each from Dhanbad, Deoghar, Jamtara and Simdega.
One person each from Giridih and Koderma has also tested positive for coronavirus.
The 22-year-old Malaysian woman, the first coronavirus positive patient detected in the state on March 31 was discharged from RIMS on Friday after she recovered from the infection, according to Principal Secretary (Health) Nitin Madan Kulkarni. The woman was among the 17 foreign nationals found in a mosque at Hindpiri in Ranchi on March 29.
Twenty people tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday in Jharkhand, the highest single-day jump in the number cases yet, officials said. All the cases were reported from Ranchi. Earlier, sixteen people were tested corona positive on April 26 while April 18 saw single day jump of corona patient to eight.
In Ranchi five nurse of Sadar Hospital, a sanitation worker, a Lowadih resident and six from Hindpiri were tested postive for Coronavirus on Sunday.
Ten districts of Jharkhand have been affected from the deadly virus. Ranchi, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Giridih, Hazaribagh, Simdega, Garhwa, Palamau. Jamtara and Deoghar are the other affected districts.
Meanwhile, Jharkhand High Court has asked the state government to submit a detailed plan of accommodating the stranded and migrant labourers who will return to the state after the Lockdown ends on 3rd of May.
Meanwhile, the number of containment zones in Ranchi has reached 15 including the Hindpiri area.
According to Ranchi District Administration, �15 containment zones have been made in Ranchi including previous Hindpiri area, the hotspot. Hindpiri has been put under large containment zone category while remaining 14 are in microzone category. One or two positive cases reported from microzones.� Of the 571 sample check on Tuesday, report of 569 has been negative.
