223 new cases raise Covid-19 tally up to 8,273 in Bihar

PATNA: Altogether 223 new cases of coronavirus were reported on Wednesday, taking the tally to 8,273 in the state so far. Total 20 new cases were reported in Patna district, including from Agamkuan, Patna City, Fatuha, Mokama and Daniyawan.
As many as 6,106 patients have recovered so far, while 2,112 active cases remained in the state. Altogether 79 people were discharged from hospitals and isolation centres in the past 24 hours.The recovery rate in state is 73.08%.
A 49-year-old man of Muradpur area died on Sunday evening due to cardiac arrest, said Patna civil surgeon Raj Kishore Choudhary. The swab samples of the deceased tested positive on Monday evening. The health department on Wednesday confirmed the 55th Covid death.
Dr PN Jha of medicine department of PMCH said the man was brought dead and he was kept in the mortuary for sample collection. “He was tested positive on Monday. The medical team has collected the samples of his family members as well,” said Dr Jha, who is also the Covid nodal officer at PMCH.
According to Patna DM Kumar Ravi, the Muradpur area has been sealed. Now, there are 44 containment zones in Patna district, including PC Colony, Buddha Colony and Rupaspur areas.
As per information shared by the state health department, Covid positive cases were reported from 21 districts with maximum 39 from Siwan, followed by 26 in Muzaffarpur, 16 each in Begusarai, Nalanda and Samastipur, 13 in Munger, 12 in Gaya and 11 in Bhagalpur.
Eight cases were reported in Aurangabad, six each in Lakhisarai and Madhubani, five each in Bhojpur, Gopalganj and Darbhanga, four each in Arwal and Supaul, three in Saharsa, two each in Purnea and Katihar and one each in Banka, Nawada, Saran, Sheikhpura and Sitamarhi districts.
Health secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh on Wednesday said altogether 1,75,103 samples had been tested in the state so far, including 5,702 in the last 24 hours and 206 of them tested positive for Covid-19. In a press release, he mentioned that altogether 5,174 migrants, who returned from other states after the lockdown, had been tested positive since May 3.