PATNA: The state’s Covid tally crossed two lakh-mark on Thursday with 1,276 more people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. The total number of Covid cases in the state has now jumped to 2,00,825.
Officially, five deaths were recorded on Thursday, taking the state’s toll to 972.
AIIMS-Patna reported six deaths, including that of senior photographer Krishna Mohan Sharma, who was associated with TOI, and four other residents of the state capital, on Thursday. According to the state health department, 1,88,802 people have so far recuperated from the virus. Active cases in the state, therefore, stand at 11,049.
Of six deaths recorded at AIIMS-Patna, five deceased were from Patna, including a 55-year-old man from
Patna City Chowk, a 63-year-old man from Ashiana Mor, a 65-year-old man of
Buddha Colony, a 87-year-old man from Begum Ki Haveli in Patna City and TOI photographer K M Sharma. The sixth deceased was a 65-year-old man from Khorimoh village in Banka district.
As per the information shared by Covid-19 nodal incharge of AIIMS-Patna Dr Sanjev Kumar, 11 patients were admitted to the hospital and 16 discharged on Thursday. Among those discharged was also a newborn male child.
Nalanda Medical College and Hospital reported one death and the deceased was a 50-year-old man from Kartaha Buzurg in Vaishali. One new patient was admitted to the hospital and four were discharged on Thursday.
Of the 1,276 new Covid-19 cases registered on Thursday, 290 were from Patna. With this, the state’s Covid tally has risen to 31,816. However, with 29,104 recoveries and 235 deaths, active cases in the district stand at 2,477. Among other districts, Saharsa recorded 66 new cases, Purnia 60,
Bhagalpur 55, Araria 49,
Muzaffarpur 48 and Jehanabad 46.
State health minister Mangal Pandey tweeted that 804 people recovered from the virus in the state in the last 24 hours. With this, the state’s recovery rate has improved to 94.01%.