2,078 fresh Covid cases in Bihar take tally to 1,35,013

Faryal Rumi | TNN | Updated: Aug 31, 2020, 07:40 IST

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PATNA: The number of Covid-19 cases in the state increased to 1,35,013 on Sunday with 2,078 more people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. With the virus killing nine more people in the last 24 hours, the state’s toll has jumped to 688.
Five fresh deaths were registered in Patna, taking the district’s toll to 161. Two fresh deaths were registered in Begusarai and one each in Nalanda and Sitamarhi as per the daily bulletin released by the state health department.
With 1,17,305 recoveries and 688 official deaths so far, the active cases stand at 17,020 in the state. The state’s recovery rate has now touched 86.88%, more than 10% higher than the national average of 76.4%.
In his daily briefing, state health secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh said altogether 2,231 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally of recovered patients to 1,17,305 in the state. Singh said 1,07,730 samples were tested in the state on August 29.
Health minister Mangal Pandey, on the other hand, tweeted, “The number of sample testing in Bihar touched 30 lakh-mark on Sunday. The recovery rate has further improved to 86%. The positivity rate has also declined.”
On Sunday, Patna registered 253 fresh Covid cases. With this, the number of total cases in the district has reached 20,889. The number of active cases in the district stood at 2,247 on Sunday as 18,481 people have so far recovered from the virus, including 307 in the last 24 hours. The district’s recovery rate now stands 88.4%.
Other districts which reported maximum number of Covid-19 cases included Madhubani (116), Saharsa (112), Bhagalpur (102), Araria (101), Purnia (100) and Begusarai (88).
One Covid casualty was reported in AIIMS-Patna on Sunday. According to the nodal officer for Covid at AIIMS-P Dr Sanjeev Kumar, a 78-year-old man Bhagalpur, who was admitted to the hospital on August 23, died on Sunday.
At NMCH, no casualty was registered on Sunday while seven more patients were discharged from the hospital.