17 new cases in Bihar, tally reaches almost 600-mark

PATNA: Bihar recorded 17 new Covid-19 cases till Saturday evening, taking the total number of coronavirus patients to 595. All 17 new cases are that of migrants, who had recently returned from other states.
The state also saw 12 people getting discharged from various hospitals across the state. Now with total 318 recoveries and five deaths, the number of active cases in Bihar stands at 272.According to the Patna district administration, now out of the total 52 cases in the state capital, 34 patients have recovered from the virus so far and there are 18 active case left.
State health minister Mangal Pandey expressed happiness over the recovery rate of coronavirus patients which is almost 54% of the total number of cases in the state. Talking about the positive cases, state health department principal secretary Sanjay Kumar informed that all ten people who had tested positive earlier in the day are migrants and had recently come to Bihar. As per the information shared by him, three cases were reported from Mushahari in Muzaffarpur and another three cases reported from Arwal, including one each from Chamandi, Shidrampur and Kurtha.
Two other cases were reported from Nalanda, including one from Ekangarsarai and another from Harnaut. One case each was reported from Sheikhopur Sarai in Sheikhpura and Barharia in Siwan. The three cases from Muzafarpur are the first ones to be reported from this district, which was listed in the green zone. “All three had come from Ahmadabad by train,” said Sanjay, adding, “Other passengers who had accompanied them will now be traced.”