COVID-19 pandemic in Jharkhand

COVID-19 pandemic in Jharkhand
COVID-19 pandemic in Jharkhand
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Jharkhand, India
Index case	Ranchi
Arrival date	31 March 2020; (5 years and 7 months)
Confirmed cases	1,11,366 (as of 12th December)
Active cases	1610 (as of 12th December)
Recovered	1,08,761 (as of 12th December)
Deaths	995 (as of 12th December)
Fatality rate	0.9%
Territories	24 out of 24

The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed in the Indian state of Jharkhand on 31 March 2020 as a Malaysian women came positive on the test.^[1] The state has confirmed a total of 1,11,366 cases, including 995 deaths and 1,08,761 recoveries, as of 12 December.^[2]

Testing and treatment measures[edit]

Chaibasa district headquarters of West Singhbhum launched coronavirus swab collection booth which is India's first of the kind.^[3] Chaibasa also launched remote-controlled robot called co-bot for providing medicines and food and minimize the contact between the staff and the patients.^[4] After MGM Medical College in Jamshedpur and RIMS in Ranchi, ICMR gave approval for 2 more testing facilities in the state namely, Patliputra Medical College in Dhanbad and TB Sanitorium Hospital in Itki, Ranchi. So, the total testing facility in the state stands at 4.^[5]