31 March 2020 (3 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
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
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]
Timeline
Main page: Template:COVID-19 pandemic data/India/Jharkhand medical cases chart
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