213 new cases take Bihar Covid-19 tally to 7,503

PATNA: Altogether 213 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Bihar on Saturday, including 24 from Patna, taking the total number of registered cases to 7,503 in the state. With 5,367 recoveries and 49 deaths, active cases stand at 2,086 here which account for around 72% of the total cases.
One death was also confirmed by ANMMCH superintendent from Gaya. However, it has not been officially reported by the health department.Superintendent Dr NK Paswan said the 58-year-old man from Gaya tested positive for the virus on Friday.
Patna civil surgeon Dr RK Choudhary said of the 24 cases in Patna, eight are from Buddha Colony, including six from the same family. “Six other cases are from Khusrupur, four from Patna City, two from Meethapur Bus Stand and one each from Rajendra Nagar, Rukanpura, Danapur and Paliganj areas,” said Dr Chaudhary.
State health secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh said 202 new cases were registered in the past 24 hours and 269 people have recovered from the virus in the same time period. Lokesh said 1,51,148 samples have been tested so far, including 5,586 on Friday itself. Of the total positive cases, 4,844 are migrants who had returned to the state after May 3.
As per information shared by the health department, Covid-19 cases were registered from 27 districts on Saturday. Aurangabad had the maximum cases with 22 people testing positive for the virus, followed by Banka with 18 cases. Madhubani had 16 positive cases, followed by Samastipur and Supaul which registered another 15 cases each and Darbhanga which registered 11 new cases.
As per data shared by health department on Saturday evening, so far, maximum cases have been registered in Patna with 377 people testing positive for coronavirus. However, with 223 recoveries and two deaths, there are 152 active cases in the state capital. Other districts which have registered large number of Covid-19 cases include Bhagalpur with 348 cases, followed by Begusarai with 347 people testing positive, Madhubani with 325 cases and Rohtas with 309 cases.
However, Siwan has the highest number of active cases at present. Though the district registered 302 cases so far, with 115 recoveries and two deaths, active cases stand at 185 in Siwan. On the other hand, East Champaran has 16 active cases, which is the lowest in Bihar. Though 163 cases were registered here, 146 have recovered and one has died. Kishanganj and Lakhisarai have 17 positive cases each as of now.
(With inputs from Abdul Qadir in Gaya)