Bihar: Purnia reports 294 fresh Covid cases

PURNIA: With 294 fresh Covid cases reported on Tuesday, the number of active cases in Purnia district has crossed the 1,000-mark.
According to the state health department bulletin, there were 1258 active case in Purnia. Altogether 11,074 people have been infected in the district and 29 of them succumbed to the virus.
Covid care centres (CCC) are functional at Srinagar, Banmankhi, Amour and Purnia Central Jail.Besides, dedicated Covid health centres are running at seven places, such as Purnia Sadar hospital, ANM School, Banmankhi, SDH, Dhamdaha, Max-7 Hospital (Purnia), Fatma Hospital (Purnia), Galaxy Heart Hospital (Purnia) and Christian Medical Centre and Hospital (Purnia),
District civil surgeon Dr SK Verma said at least 24 medical teams have been formed to monitor the health conditions of patients staying in home isolation, especially those living in eastern part of the city, from where the maximum number of Covid positive cases have been reported. “Besides, we have sufficient stock of oxygen cylinders as well as medical kits containing medicines for Covid patients,” he said.
“Earlier, at least 1,081 corona patients, who were in home isolation, had been examined by our doctors. None of them had been found critically ill. Apart from this, doctors examined 1,747 patients staying in containment zones,” he said.