Ranchi, April 28: Two more person tested positive for coronavirus in Ranchi’s Hindpiri, taking the total number of cases to 105 in Jharkhand on Tuesday, Health Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni said.
“Two more patient has tested positive for COVID-19 today in Hindpiri in Ranchi. Total positive cases in Jharkhand has touched 105,” Kulkarni said.
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.
Both the Corona positive men are in the age group of 25 to 30 years. Red Zone Ranchi has recorded 77 Corona positive cases while the COVID-19 cases in hotspot Hindpiri have jumped to 55 on Tuesday.
Out of the total 105 positive cases so far, 77 are from Ranchi, 10 from Bokaro, three from Hazaribagh, Palamau and Garhwa, two each from Dhanbad, Deoghar and Simdega.
One person each from Giridih, Koderma and Jamtara 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.
With the Coronavirus pandemic reaching Jamtara on Sunday, ten districts of Jharkhand have been affected from the deadly virus. Ranchi, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Giridih, Hazaribagh, Simdega, Garhwa 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.
