Ranchi: The Covid-19 toll in Ranchi breached the 1,000-mark on Tuesday and the state capital has emerged as the worst-hit among all 24 districts in Jharkhand. A major chunk of the casualties has been reported since mid-March during the second wave of the pandemic – the toll stood at 250 on March 16 and rose rapidly to 1,010 on Tuesday.
The overall positivity rate in the district has reached 10.52% from a low of 0.7% during the peak of first wave in August 2020. The positivity rate in May this year is at an all-time high of 19.15% indicating that one of every five samples tested are found to be infected with the novel coronavirus. The figure for April 2021 was 18.76% when the second wave started rising from 5.25% in March.