Covid tally crosses 6,000-mark in Bihar

PATNA: A 27-year-old man from Jehanabad died and 148 more people were tested positive for Covid-19 in the state on Friday, taking the number of total cases to 6,096. The virus has so far claimed lives of 35 people in the state.
Among the 6,096 Covid-19 patients, 3,316 have recovered. The number of active cases in the state stood at 2,744 on Friday.
State health department secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh said the deceased, a resident of Madanganj block in Jehanabad district, had returned from Delhi on June 8.
Jehanabad DM Navin Kumar said the victim was suffering from cough and had difficulty in breathing. “The man was kept at a quarantine centre and his sample was tested positive for coronavirus on June 11. He died at the Anugraha Narayan Medical College and Hospital on Friday,” the DM added.
Meanwhile, four new cases were recorded in Patna district on Friday. An eight-year girl and a 13-year-old boy from Digha, a 29-year-old man from Maner and a 35-year-old woman from Daud Digha were tested positive for Covid-19.
According to the health department, samples of 1,16,671 people have so far been tested in the state. “Altogether 3,446 samples were tested in the past 24 hours. Among the Covid-19 positive cases in the state, 4,250 are migrants,” it said.