Two Corona positives in Garhwa, Ranchi take Jharkhand tally to 217

Ranchi, May 16: Two persons, belonging to� Garhwa and�Ranchi�respectively, tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, taking the total number of COVID-19 positive cases to 217 in�Jharkhand, said DK Singh, Director Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences.
�Two more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Jharkhand. The total number of cases is now at 217,� said State Health Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni.�Earlier, twelve new COVID-19 cases were reported in Jharkhand on Friday, May 15. 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 217 positive cases so far, 103 are from Ranchi, 28 from Garhwa, 10 from Bokaro, 15 from Palamau, 10 from Giridih, four from Deoghar, five from Dhanbad, six from Koderma, 24 from Hazaribagh, �four 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 103 out of a total of 217 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.
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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.