This story is from October 21, 2020

392 new Covid-19 cases in Patna, 8 more die in Bihar

392 new Covid-19 cases in Patna, 8 more die in Bihar
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PATNA: There was a slight surge in Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours as state health department reported 1,837 more patients on Tuesday, taking tally to 2,06,961 in the state.
It is the highest number of Covid positive cases in Bihar on a single day this month. Earlier, the average single day positive cases remained below 1,350 for the last two weeks.
Patna reported 392 fresh Covid cases, taking the corresponding tally to 33,257 in the district.
With 30,278 recoveries, the district has 2,732 active cases. Other districts with high number of new Covid-19 cases were Sitamarhi (114), Nalanda (98), Saharsa (66), Gaya (64), Araria (59), Madhubani (57), Muzaffarpur (55) and Bhojpur (53).
However, the silver ling was that 1,195 patients got cured and discharged on Tuesday, taking the number of recovered cases to 194,889. The state has only 11,061 active cases with recovery rate at 94.17%, which is 5.54% higher than the national average of 88.63%.
A total of 1,41,294 samples were tested on Monday. So far, 93,89,946 samples have been tested in the state since March.
The state health department reported eight deaths, taking the Covid toll to 1,011 in Bihar. Two deaths were registered in Gopalganj, taking the district toll to seven. One death each was reported from Patna, Buxar, Gaya, Rohtas, Samastipur and Muzaffarpur.
Unofficially, five people succumbed to the virus attack at AIIMS- Patna on Tuesday, including four from Patna and one from Purnia.

The Patna victims were 64-year-old woman from Mithapur area and three men in their 60s and 70s from Patliputra, Danapur and Parsa Bazaar localities.
AIIMS-Patna nodal incharge for Covid-19, Dr Sanjeev Kumar, said altogether 18 Covid patients were admitted while seven were discharged on Tuesday.
No new Covid death was reported from NMCH where two Covid patients were admitted while one was discharged on Tuesday.
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Faryal Rumi

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