PATNA: Altogether 595 people tested positive for
Covid-19 in Bihar on Thursday, taking the tally to 2,41,534. Four deaths — two each from Nalanda and Supaul — were also reported after which the state’s toll reached 1,307.
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Patna (AIIMS-P) registered six deaths. The deceased included two 65-year-old men from Kurji and Barh, a 69-year-old from Boring Road, a 64-year-old from Danapur, a 21-year-old from Pachadi village in Madhuban and a 25-year-old from Fatehpur in Bhagalpur.
AIIMS-P nodal officer for Covid-19, Dr Sanjeev Kumar, told TOI that 19 patients from localities like Mangal Talab, Rupaspur, Boring Canal Road, Kautilya Nagar, Khagaul and Danapur were admitted and 17 discharged from the hospital on Thursday.
The Nalanda Medical College and Hospital did not report any death. Four patients were admitted to the hospital and three discharged on Thursday.
The data shared by the state health department stated that Patna registered 261
new Covid cases, taking the tally to 44,389. With 41,975 recoveries and 336 deaths, there are 2,078 active cases in the district. Corona cases were also reported from Gaya (33), Muzaffarpur (20), Nalanda (19), Begusarai (16), Kishanganj (16),
Aurangabad (15), Gopalganj (14) and Saran (14).
According to health minister Mangal Pandey, 442 patients recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours, taking the state’s recovery rate to 97.27%. During the same period, 1,26,206 samples were tested.