Bihar logs 1,106 fresh Covid cases, 28 deaths

PATNA: As many as 1,106 patients tested positive for Covid-19 and 28 died due to the virus in Bihar, claimed the figures shared by the health department on Thursday. During the same period, 2,238 patients defeated the virus, taking the number of Covid-recovered patients to 6,93,472.
While Patna registered 164 fresh corona cases, less than 10 cases were reported in Jamui (2), Jehanabad (5), Lakhisarai (5), Buxar (7), Kaimur (7), Arwal (8), Banka (8), and Nalanda (8). The number of active cases also dipped in Patna (1,395), Supaul (583), Araria (546), Begusarai (538), Samastipur (478), Kaimur (23), Banka (33), Nawada (82), Bhojpur (87), Arwal (88), Sheikhpura (91), Jamui (93), and Jehanabad (94) with a rise in the rate of recovery.
According to the information shared by different hospitals, six people died at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences on Thursday. Of these, two were black fungus patients. On the other hand, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Patna and the Nalanda Medical College and Hospital reported four and two Covid deaths respectively.
Meanwhile, as many as 1,12,690 beneficiaries, including 76,499 people in the age group of 18 to 44 years, were inoculated in the state on Thursday.