Bihar: 16 deaths take Covid-19 toll to 558, tally reaches 1.09 lakh

PATNA: Sixteen more Covid-19 patients died in Bihar on Tuesday, taking the death toll in the state to 558. The health department on Tuesday reported that the number of positive cases have reached 1,09,875 with 3,257 people found infected with the virus in the past 24 hours.
Around 1,12,781 samples were tested in 24 hours taking the total number of tests conducted in Bihar so far to 18,99,970. The recovery rate in the state has gone up to 73.5% — the second highest since July 7 when the rate was 74.5% and the number of tests done was just 5,168.
“With 4,034 people recovered in Bihar in the past 24 hours, the cumulative figures of people discharged from the health facilities stands at 80,740. The recovery rate has also improved to 73.5 percent. The total active cases in the state was now at 28,577 (sic),” said health minister Managal Pandey in a post on Twitter on Tuesday.
The minister said the number of testing in Bihar is rapidly increasing per day. “It was 71,520 on August 9, 75,628 on August 11, 92,414 on August 12 and the testing crossed 1 lakh mark on August 13,” he added.
As per the daily bulletin issued by the health department, three Covid deaths were reported from Patna, two each from Munger, Nalanda and East Champaran, and one each from Araria, Bhojpur, Buxar, Gaya, Madhepura, Muzaffarpur, West Champaran.
On Tuesday, Patna crossed the 17,000-mark as 368 more positive cases took the total of those infected to 17,294. The active cases stood at 3,393 with the recovery of 13,794 people.
Other districts that reported maximum number of Covid- 19 cases on Tuesday are Madhubani (234), East Champaran (200), Bhagalpur (185), Begusarai (164), Saran (153), Purnia (139), Aurangabad (136), Muzaffarpur (135) and Saharsa (116).
Four persons died due to Covid at AIIMS- Patna on Tuesday and all of them were from Patna. Dr Sanjeev Kumar, nodal officer for Covid at AIIMS-Patna, confirmed the deaths. Three of the deceased were in their 70s while one was in his early 50s.
Dr Sanjeev said altogether 16 people were discharged on Tuesday, including an IAS officer. “Vandana Kinni, commissioner Bhagalpur, discharged after being cured. She was admitted here about a month ago,” he said.
No new deaths were reported from NMCH, however, six Covid positive patients were admitted at the hospital while eight were discharged after their subsequent tests results came negative. Dr MukulKumar Singh, epidemiologist-cum-nodal officer at the hospital informed that altogether 66 patients are admitted at the hospital and two are on ventilator.