Covid toll 51; 162 fresh +ve cases reported in Bihar

PATNA: Two more Covid deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll in state to 51 on Sunday. Altogether 162 new cases, including 15 in Patna district, were also registered, taking the tally to 7,665 in Bihar.
The fresh cases in Patna district were reported from Bhattacharyya road, Agamkuan, Patna City, Kidwaipuri, Maner, Paliganj, Bihta, Masaurhi and Salimpur.Altogether 410 people have been tested positive in Patna, of which 225 were discharged, leaving 183 active cases in the district.
As many as 5,631 patients have recovered so far, while 1,983 active cases remained in the state. Bihar’s recovery rate is 73.46%. Altogether 264 persons were discharged from the hospitals and isolation centres after their test reports came negative.
One death was reported from Begusarai, taking the toll to four in the district. Another death was reported from Gaya, the second in the district. The health department confirmed both the deaths on Sunday.
Begusarai DM Arvind Kumar Verma said a 65-year-old woman from Ballia block was admitted to NMCH in Patna for Covid treatment. “She was referred from a private hospital in Begusarai on June 20. She died on Sunday,” he said.
Epidemiologist and nodal officer at NMCH, Dr Mukul Kumar Singh, said the deceased was suffering from fever and hypertension. “She also complained about breathlessness. She had no travel history,” he said.
A 28-year-old man died at ANMMCH, Gaya due to Hepatitis B, though he was also Covid positive. ANMMCH superintendent Dr Bijay Krishna Prasad said the man had tested positive on June 18. “He died on June 20. He was suffering from Hepatitis B. He had no travel history. The samples of his family members will be collected for test,” he said.
As per the health department bulletin, the new cases were reported from 21 districts with maximum from Darbhanga (33), followed by Samastipur (18).
Other districts with large number of cases include Bhagalpur and Madhubani each with 11 cases, Banka (9), Sitamarhi (8), seven each in Bhojpur, Purnia and Rohtas, Katihar (6), three each in Jehanabad, Madhepura, Kishanganj and Nawada, two each in Nalanda, Munger and West Champaran, and one each in Buxar and Vaishali.
Health secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh said altogether 1,56,926 samples had been tested in state, including 5,778 in the last 24 hours. In a press release, he mentioned that 4,941 migrants, who returned from other states after the lockdown, had been tested positive since May 3.