Bihar: Danapur circle officer, BDO of Hussainganj succumb to Covid

PATNA: The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed lives of several administrative officials as well. Danapur circle officer (CO) Vidyanand Rai and block development officer (BDO) of Hussainganj in Siwan district Manisha Prasad succumbed to the virus on Saturday.
The two officers were admitted to separate hospitals here. Their deaths came a day after additional secretary in the state health department Ravi Shankar Choudhary’s demise due to Covid. Choudhary had earlier served as district magistrate of Arwal.
Director of panchayati raj department Vijay Ranjan had succumbed to Covid at AIIMS-P on Tuesday. He was sick for the last four days.
The list of the administrative officers passing away due to Covid doesn’t end here. District immunisation officer of Vaishali Lalan Rai and district welfare officer of Kaimur Ravi Kumar Sinha had also succumbed to the virus.
Kaimur DM Navdeep Shukla said the district welfare officer was rushed to the Bhabua sadar hospital after his condition worsened on Friday. He, however, died during treatment. He was a native of Nalanda district.
Last week, BDO of Noorsarai in Nalanda Rahul Kumar had passed away at a private hospital in Patna after being infected with Covid.
Sources said three police officers, including Rakesh Kumar, an inspector posted with the criminal investigation department at the police headquarters, had earlier succumbed to the virus.
Gaya SSP Aditya Kumar was among 200 police personnel under home isolation after being tested positive for the virus. Senior IAS officer Chaitanya Prasad and Nalanda DM Yogendra Kumar had also tested positive for the virus.