PATNA: The state recorded 596
new Covid-19 cases on Saturday. With this, Covid tally in the state has jumped to 2,42,748. Five more deaths in the last 24 hours took the state’s toll to 1,317.
According to the state health department, Patna, Buxar, Lakhisarai, Madhepura and Madhubani recorded one death each on Saturday. With this,
Patna Covid toll has risen to 340.
Altogether 575 patients were discharged from different hospitals in the state on Saturday, taking the number of cured persons in the state to 2,36,189. The number of active cases in the state stood at 5,242 on Saturday. The state’s recovery rate has remained same at 97.3%, 2.5% higher than the national average of 94.8%.
As many as 1,20,706 new samples were tested at health facilities and laboratories across the state on Saturday. So far, 1,61,54,121 samples have been tested in the state since the outbreak of the virus in March this year.
At All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Patna (AIIMS-P), two more Covid patients have died – a 52-year-old man from Bajitpur village in Barh and a 72-year-old man from Sultanganj in Patna.
AIIMS-P nodal officer for Covid Dr Sanjeev Kumar said 25 patients were admitted to the hospital, including many from different Patna localities like Awadhpuri Colony, Meethapur, Jaganpur, Kankarbagh, Buddha Colony, Bailey Road, Sheikhpura, and Mahendru, and 17 discharged on Saturday. Altogether 183 patients are currently undergoing treatment for Covid at AIIMS-P.
At NMCH, no new Covid casualty was reported on Saturday.
Of the 596 new Covid cases recorded in the state on Saturday, Patna alone accounted for 240. The fresh cases have taken the district’s tally to 44,834. With 42,417 patients recovering from the virus so far, there were 2,077 active cases in the district on Saturday.
Among other districts, Gopalganj recorded 62 new cases, Muzaffarpur 19, Jehanabad, Nawada and Sitamarhi 17 each, Gaya and Sheohar 15 each and Araria 14.