Bihar: 1,821 more test positive for Covid-19 in 24 hrs

PATNA: Covid-19 cases continued to decline in the state on Monday, with the health department reporting 1,821 fresh cases.
Patna, too, saw a significant drop in daily cases, registering 224 new cases on Monday, nearly half of what it reported the previous day.
On the other hand, 4,829 people were reported to have recovered from Covid on Monday. This resulted in a decrease in the number of active cases across the state.Apart from the 224 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Patna, Bhagalpur reported 185 cases, followed by Purnia (120), Begusarai (113), Saharsa (103), and Samastipur (102). Other districts reported fewer than 100 new cases — Jehanabad (1), Sheohar (3), Khagaria (5), Sheikhpura (7), Supaul (7), and Madhubani (8).
Besides, nine deaths were officially registered on Monday. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Patna reported three deaths, including a 37-year-old Saran woman, a 54-year-old Buxar woman, and a 71-year-old Munger man. According to information shared by the hospital’s nodal officer for Covid-19, Dr Sanjeev Kumar, 13 patients were admitted and three discharged on Monday.