PATNA: The number of
Covid cases continued to surge in Bihar with 836 more people testing positive for the virus on Saturday. Among them, 359 new case were Patna alone. Altogether 63,982 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.
There were 2941 active cases in the state till Saturday, which is nearly double of what it was a week ago when there were only 1487 active cases in the state. Apart from Patna, which continues to register the maximum number of cases, the other districts with substantial number of cases included Siwan (80),
East Champaran (42), Muzaffarpur (30) and Bhagalpur (29).
As per the data shared by the
state health department, two official deaths were reported, one each from Patna and Bhagalpur.
AIIMS-Patna reported the death of a 48-year-old male from Bihta. He died on Friday.
As per the information shared by hospital’s nodal incharge for
Covid-19, Dr Sanjeev Kumar, seven patients were admitted on Saturday and no one was discharged.
There were 95 patients admitted in the hospital. These patients were from different localities of Patna like Lal Babu Market area under Shastri Nagar police station, BH Colony, Gurhatta, Phulwarisharif and Rajendra Nagar. Four other positive patients were admitted to NMCH on Saturday.
Meanwhile, 1,71,459 doses of Covid-19 vaccines were administered on Saturday. Among the beneficiaries, 80,539 senior citizens and 77,966 people above 45 years of age had taken the first dose. Another 8,597 beneficiaries took their second shot. So far, total 29.55 lakh people have received first dose and 4.62 lakh their second shot of vaccine in Bihar.