Jamshedpur’s daily Covid cases plummet to single digit after March 14

City reports 7 positives, 17 recoveries, zero deaths

Jamshedpur, June 20: Jamshedpur reported seven new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, its single-digit case count after months, according to East Singhbhum health bulletin. The declining new positive cases in the district has come as a relief for the city and also the overburdened hospitals.

Jamshedpur recorded 7 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday while 17 patients recovered of the virus and zero death was reported as the number of active patients remained below 200 in East Singhbhum district, health bulletin showed. 

Eight cases were reported in Jamshedpur on March 14.

With this, the overall number of positive cases reached 51412 in Jamshedpur, according to East Singhbhum’s Health Department data for a 24-hour period.

The death toll stood at 1046 in Jamshedpur with zero death recorded during the day, the data showed.

On the brighter side, 17 patients recovered in Jamshedpur, with the overall recoveries surging to 50,181, it showed.

The active cases have come down to 185 in Jamshedpur, according to the official figures.

The mortality rate stood at 2.03% and recovery rate at 97.62% in Jamshedpur, the statistics showed.

Of the 7 new cases, 2 each were reported from Kadma and Mango and 1 each from Jugsalai and Parsudih.  

With just 7 new Covid-19 cases, Jamshedpur’s positivity rate on Sunday remained below 1%, as the city stayed on the recovery path after a brutal wave of infections between April and May.

The positivity rate stood at 0.18% on Sunday. Jamshedpur also saw 17 people recover of the virus on Sunday. Of the 185 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. 

More than 3900 were tested on the day. Data from the state government’s daily health bulletin showed that the Covid-19 test positivity is 0.18%.The state, too, witnessed a massive fall in infections and fatalities.

The positivity rate of Covid-19 cases in Jamshedpur is around 0.18 per cent after East Singhbhum conducted over 3900 tests in the last 24 hours. 

The Steel City tested 3986 samples, of which, 7 turned out positive while 17 people recovered from the Covid-19. The continuous high number of tests have pushed the positivity rate further down to 0.18 per cent, the government data showed.