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Jamshedpur, July 29: With the highest testing, highest recovery rate and lowest test positivity rate, Jamshedpur has emerged as a clear winner in combating coronavirus as the Jharkhand’s Covid condition shows a healthier picture in comparison to all other states.
2 person tested positive for COVID-19 in the East Singhbhum district on Thursday, July 29, while no death was reported. Death toll in Jamshedpur remained at 1056.
The new positive in Jamshedpur took the Coronavirus tally to 51771.
In the past two weeks, Jamshedpur has been reporting less than 10 Covid cases each day on an average.
2 people recovered of the virus on Thursday taking the total recovery to 50693 while total active cases in Jamshedpur are 22.
Of the 22 patients still undergoing treatment for the coronavirus in the district, most are in home isolation, while some are being treated at care centres and hospitals.
Jamshedpur has seen a sharp decline in their total cases in the past nine weeks.
As many as 2 people recovered from the virus on Thursday taking the overall recoveries to 50693 which accounts for a recovery rate of 97.92%.
East Singhbhum district administration has conducted 462034 tests per million in the district. The recovery rate in Jamshedpur is 97.92% while the mortality rate is 2.04 %.
More than 6000 samples were tested on the day. Data from the state government’s daily health bulletin showed that the Covid-19 test positivity is 0.03%. The state, too, witnessed a massive fall in infections and fatalities.
The Steel City tested 6062 samples, of which, 2 turned out positive while 2 people recovered from the Covid-19. The continuous high numbers of tests have pushed the positivity rate further down to 0.03 per cent, the government data showed.
So far in Jamshedpur 1241696 samples have been collected out of which 1229934 have been tested and 1178163 have turned out to be negative.
East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Suraj Kumar had earlier directed officials to carry out large scale testing, treatment and surveillance in order to bring down active cases and new infections. Further instructions have been issued to individual district officials in a series of meetings to prepare for a possible third wave of infections.