PATNA: The state health department on Sunday reported 1,152
new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, which took the tally to 2,04,212 so far.
Six patients died of coronavirus, including IPS officer Binod Kumar, at AIIMS Patna on Sunday. The
Covid death toll has now mounted up to 996 in the state.
According to AIIMS-Patna nodal incharge for Covid-19,
Dr Sanjeev Kumar, the 59-year-old IPS officer was admitted on October 17.
The state health department reported two deaths in Patna, taking the district toll to 245. One death each was reported from Aurangabad, Begusarai, Saran and Vaishali, taking their respective district toll to 11, 27, 34 and 36.
But the silver ling was that 1,079 patients got cured and discharged across the state on Sunday, taking the count of the recovered cases to 192,594 and leaving only 10,622 active cases. Presently, Bihar’s recovery rate stands at 94.31%, which was almost 8% higher than the national average of 88.03%.
A total of 1,19,456 samples were tested in a day. So far, 91,34,927 samples have been tested in the state since March.
Unofficially, four deaths at AIIMS-P were reported on Sunday. The deceased included a 52- year-old woman from Nalanda and two men from Gaya and
Muzaffarpur.
Dr Sanjeev said altogether 24 patients were discharged while 21 new got admitted at AIIMS- Patna on Sunday. Among the new cases was a 56- year-old doctor and associate professor of PMCH’s microbiology department. Gaya MP Vijay Kumar was also admitted to AIIMS-P. According to doctors, the MP’s condition is stable.
At NMCH, one 56-year-old man from
Madhubani died late Saturday evening. Three Covid patients were admitted while one was discharged on Sunday.
Patna reported 316 fresh Covid cases on Sunday, taking the corresponding tally to 32,610. With 29,980 recoveries, the district has 2,385 active cases. Other districts with maximum Covid-19 cases were Araria (72), Purnia (69), Bhagalpur (62), Muzaffarpur (60) and East Champaran (47).