Positivity rate drops, active cases decrease | Ranchi News

Picture used for representational purpose only RANCHI: After a steady increase in the number of Covid cases last week, Monday brought some respite with a slide in the positivity rate. Out of 15,347 samples tested, only 173 samples corresponding to 1.12% tested positive for the virus. The number of active cases went down to 1,675 from 1,708 recorded on Sunday, as 205 patients recovered from Covid-19 on Monday. Ranchi continued to top the list of fresh infections with 86 new cases. Whereas East Singhbhum with 23 cases became the only district in the state apart from Ranchi to report fresh cases in double digits. There were no new case in Giridih, Latehar, Pakur, Sahibganj, Simdega and Seraikela-Kharsawan. The only death in Jharkhand was reported from Dumka.