Covid-19 cases rise to 936 in Jharkhand

In Jharkhand, 93 new COVID-19 cases were reported in last 24 hours, which is the highest number of positive cases confirmed in a single day. The total number of cases has mounted to 936, while seven people have died due to Novel Corona virus.

 

56 patients including two young kids from Koderma district recovered from the viral infection yesterday and were discharged from hospitals. 37 patients recovered and discharged from Dhanbad district during the last 24 hours, while a total



of 446 people altogether have won the battle against COVID-19 in state.

 

Door to door medical screening in containment zones is being carried out to intensify contact tracing of newly detected cases of COVID-19, as 483 active cases are being treated at COVID Isolation Centres. Principal Health Secretary Dr Nitin Kulkarni has confirmed that testing of around 13,000 pending samples will be carried out by this week.