PATNA: Altogether 497 new Covid-19 cases were registered in the state on Tuesday taking the tally to 2,48,028. Officially four deaths were reported, which took the toll to 1,362. However, with 2,41,935 recoveries, there are 4,729 active cases in
Bihar.
As per data shared by the state health department, one death each was reported from Madhubani,
Saharsa,
Siwan and Vaishali.
AIIMS-Patna reported two deaths, including a 22-year-old woman, of Birkhi ward in
Madhepura and a 71-year-old man from Cooperative Colony in Purnia. As per the information shared by the hospital’s nodal incharge for Covid-19, Dr Sanjeev Kumar, 10 patients were admitted and 20 were discharged, and as of Tuesday, there were 176 patients in the hospital. Those admitted were also from different localities of Patna like SK Nagar, SK Puri, Bhattacharya Road and
Batpur.
The Nalanda Medical College and Hospital did not report any death. While three Covid-19 positive were admitted, two were discharged and as of Tuesday, there were 13 patients in the hospital.
Of the total 497 new cases reported, 165 were from Patna taking the tally to 46,900. However, with 44,758 recoveries and 363 deaths, there are 1,779 active cases in Patna. Covid-19 cases reported from some other districts include Muzaffarpur (36), Kaimur (25), Begusarai (23), Nalanda (18), Saran (18), Bhagalpur (17), Gaya (14), Vaishali (14), Madhubani (12), Samastipur (12), Bhagalpur (12) and East Champaran (12).
As per the tweet shared by the state health minister Mangal Pandey, 577 people had recovered in the past 24 hours and the state's recovery rate was 97.54%. In the same period, 1,19,315 samples were tested and so far over 1.73 crore samples have been tested in the state.