This story is from July 9, 2020

Covid-19: Total lockdown in Patna, Nawada from July 10

The Patna district administration has reimposed lockdown for 7 days from Friday and it will remain in force for four days in Bhagalpur and Nawada following the highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases in state on Wednesday. The lockdown in Bhagalpur will be for four days from Thursday. The Nawada administration has imposed it for three days from Friday. Other districts have also enforced restrictions in their respective jurisdictions in view of the rising Covid cases.
Covid-19: Total lockdown in Patna, Nawada from July 10
A view of Boring Road in Patna
PATNA: The Patna district administration has reimposed lockdown for 7 days from Friday and it will remain in force for four days in Bhagalpur and Nawada following the highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases in state on Wednesday. The lockdown in Bhagalpur will be for four days from Thursday. The Nawada administration has imposed it for three days from Friday.
Other districts have also enforced restrictions in their respective jurisdictions in view of the rising Covid cases.
Altogether 10 deaths and 749 positive cases reported on Wednesday surpassed all the previous records as the toll mounted to 110 and Covid tally reached 13,274 in state.
Among the deceased, two were residents of Patna and a 15-year-old boy of Rohtas. However, the health department has reported only two deaths officially, one each from Araria and Bhagalpur. With 9541 recoveries, there were 3,631 active cases in Bihar on Wednesday.
Apart from the two deaths reported by the health department, five Covid patients died at NMCH, including one each from Bihta in Patna, Saran and Bhojpur. NMCH epidemiologist-cum-nodal officer (reporting cell) Dr Mukul Kumar Singh said all the deceased were comorbid.
β€œOne was the resident of Rajeev Nagar and died of cardiac arrest. He was 64 and admitted on July 7. Another deceased of Patna was from Patna College area. He was 50 and admitted on July 6. He also died of cardiac arrest. Another one was from Daulatpur in Bihta. He had a medical history of hypertension and thyroid,” said Dr Mukul.
The fourth deceased was from a 72-year-old man from Saran. He also died due to cardiac arrest. The fifth deceased was a 75- year-old man from Piro in Bhojpur with medical history of hypertension, tuberculosis and asthma.

Three other deaths were reported from AIIMS-Patna, including the Rohtas boy, a 53-year-old woman from Chauhatta in West Champaran and a 53-year-old havildar, who was originally from Dehradun. AIIMS-Patna nodal officer for Covid-19, Dr Sanjeev Kumar, said the deceased havildar was positive for coronavirus and he was brought dead from Bameti isolation centre.
The state health department bulletin said Covid-19 cases were reported from 37 districts with maximum 235 from Patna district, taking the total number of positive cases to 1351. Patna divisional commissioner Sanjay Kumar Agarwal said the increase in the number of cases was also because two testing centres β€” RMRI and PMCH β€” started giving pending results after their closure for two days. He said the administration was increasing the beds in isolation centres.
Apart from Patna, other districts with large number of cases included Begusarai (67), Gopalganj (61), Bhagalpur (50), Nawada (36), Munger (24) and Siwan (20).
State health secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh, through a press release, stated that 749 cases have been registered in the past 24 hours and 203 people recovered in the same period, taking the total recoveries to 9,541 with recovery rate at 71.88%.
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