<span style="color: #222222;">In Jharkhand, the total number of Corona cases has risen to 132 after 5 new positive cases were detected in Palamu district last night. 13 out of 24 districts of the state have been affected after patients have been detected from these districts. The number of active cases in the state is 88 while 41 people have recovered from the disease and 3 have succumbed to death. Five districts Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Giridih and Bokaro have been successful in treating all their Corona infected patients. The recovery rate is 100 percent and these districts have been declared as Corona-free districts.<br />'' <br />'' There has been a surge in number of stranded labourers returning to their home state after the Central government has given permission to run the Special Shramik Trains. Around 14 trains till now have ferried more than 12000 labourers from different states of Telangana, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Kerala and Punjab to Jharkhand.<br />'' <br />'' Meanwhile, district administration of the districts aligning with boundaries of neighbouring states of West Bengal, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have been sending buses to ply the stranded and migrant labourers from the respective states.<br />'' <br />''The concerns of state government is increasing every day after several thousand labourers are returning from severely hit Corona infected states. In the recently found positive cases from Deoghar and Palamu districts, the migrant labourers who had come from Chhattisgarh and Gurugram have been found positive and infected with COVID-19. The district administration has been strictly carrying out thermal screening of every single migrant labour on their return, and has advised everybody to remain in home quarantine for next 14 days. While, Suspected persons have been isolated and quarantined, their medical test reports are awaited.</span><br />
News On AIR | May 8, 2020 9:08 AM
Jharkhand Corona cases rise to 132 with 5 new infections