Jharkhand reported 132 Covid-19 deaths and 5,974 positive cases on Wednesday, pushing the caseload to 2,57,345. With the 132 deaths, the coronavirus death toll in the state has increased to 3,205, it said. The Covid-19 mortality rate in the state is 1.24 per cent, more than the national mortality rate of 1.10 per cent, according to the bulletin.
Jharkhand currently has 59,707 active cases, while 1,94,433 patients have so far recovered from the highly infectious disease. Covid-19 cases are doubling in the state in 32.33 days against the national average of 48.03 days.
