PATNA: The state is yet to trace 44 passengers, who had returned from the United Kingdom recently. The health department has a record of 246 returnees, of whom 202 have been identified and 135 have tested negative for
Covid-19.
Officials are finding it difficult to identify the remaining passengers because many of them have not entered
Bihar after returning to India. Some even have vague addresses.
Meanwhile, Bihar reported 397 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, taking the tally to 2,53,652. With three deaths in Gaya, Arwal and
Bhagalpur, the toll reached 1,403. However, with 2,47,579 recoveries, there are 4,668 active cases in the state.
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Patna (AIIMS-P) registered two deaths — those of a 70-year-old from Danapur and a 65-year-old from Jehanabad. While 13 patients from localities like Rajendra Nagar, Ashiana Nagar, Kankarbagh, Raghunath Path and Anandpuri were admitted to the hospital, eight people, including HAM (S) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi, were discharged on Saturday.
AIIMS-P’s nodal officer for Covid, Dr Sanjeev, told TOI that Manjhi was in the hospital for two weeks and had not shown much improvement initially.
Patna accounted for 219 of the 397 new Covid-19 cases. Fresh cases were also registered in other districts like Nawada (23), Muzaffarpur (17),
Begusarai (16), Nalanda (16), Kaimur (14) and Saran (10).
According to a tweet of health minister Mangal Pandey, 490 people recovered from corona in 24 hours, taking the state’s recovery rate to 97.61%.