Ranchi: The state department of health, medical education and family welfare has directed the administrations of six districts to ramp up their Covid-19 screening exercises. Earlier this week, the district administrations of Jamtara, Koderma, Garhwa, Lohardaga, Chatra and Deoghar were directed by additional chief secretary health Arun Kumar Singh to screen more people for the viral infection. In between July 12 and July 18, Ramgarh tested 3,525 people while Jamtara screened 3,969. Koderma tested 4,075 people while Lohardaga tested 3,019 people. Chatra screened 6,123 people while Garhwa screened 5,431 people and Deoghar tested 5,064 persons. “Even though our testing figures are impressive, a few districts have low numbers. Many of them share their borders with neighbouring states and there is a footfall of people who arrive through trains and buses,” Bhuvanesh Pratap Singh, nodal officer for Covid-19 management in Jharkhand, said.