This story is from July 13, 2020

Bihar becomes 14th state with over 16,000 Covid cases

Bihar on Sunday became the 14th state in the country with more than 16,000 coronavirus cases. With 16,305 cases, including 1266 fresh Covid1-19 cases in state on Sunday, Bihar is at the 13th place, just above Assam (16,072) and below Madhya Pradesh (17,201) and Haryana (20,965), as per the data shared by Union ministry of health and family welfare on Sunday morning. Maharashtra remained on top, followed by Tamil Nadu and Delhi.
Bihar becomes 14th state with over 16,000 Covid cases
People wait to give swab samples for Covid-19 test at Gardiner Road Hospital in Patna on Sunday
PATNA: Bihar on Sunday became the 14th state in the country with more than 16,000 coronavirus cases. With 16,305 cases, including 1266 fresh Covid1-19 cases in state on Sunday, Bihar is at the 13th place, just above Assam (16,072) and below Madhya Pradesh (17,201) and Haryana (20,965), as per the data shared by Union ministry of health and family welfare on Sunday morning.
Maharashtra remained on top, followed by Tamil Nadu and Delhi.
The state on Sunday reported six deaths, taking the toll to 137. However, the state health department officially reported only 125 Covid deaths so far. Patna district has the highest number of 1,868 Covid cases so far, including 177 in the last 24 hours, the second highest in a single day so far.
Patna has reported 800 more cases in a week since July 5. According to health department figures, 1,147 patients have been discharged after their subsequent test reports came negative. The number of active cases in Patna district stands at 706. Patna DM Kumar Ravi said there are 90 containment zones in the district, covering 15,981 homes and 74,476 people. “The maximum 34 containment zones are in Patna Sadar area, followed by 21 in Danapur, 20 in Patna City, eight in Paliganj and seven in Masaurhi,” he said.
Meanwhile, antigen test for Covid-19 started at Gardiner Hospital and Rajbanshi Nagar Hospital for symptomatic people on Sunday. Five health workers were tested on the first day. Patna DM said around 2,000 antigen test kits have been provided in the first lot to the hospitals. “Only symptomatic or high-risk contacts will be tested there. Besides, five mobile teams have been formed for antigen testing. They will only conduct tests in areas with high number of positive cases reported, like Khajpura and Paliganj,” he said.
Patna was followed by Siwan (98), Bhagalpur (81), Nalanda (78), Nawada (76), Begusarai (76), Muzaffarpur (72), Munger (61), West Champaran (54), Saran (47), Katihar (46), Bhojpur (40), Vaishali (36), Gaya (34) and 29 each in Lakhisarai and Rohtas districts so far as the maximum Covid-19 cases on Sunday are concerned. Altogether 11,953 patients have recovered and the active cases in the state stood at 4,227. Altogether 962 persons have been discharged from hospitals and isolation centres in the past 24 hours. Bihar now has the recovery rate of 73.31%.

Three deaths were reported from NMCH-Patna, including that of a 58-year-old man from Dariyapur and another man (60) from Mithapur area. The third deceased was from Bhabhua. Nodal officer at NMCH, Dr Mukul Kumar Singh, said two Covid-19 patients died late Saturday night. “The man from Dariyapur died due to cardiac arrest. He was admitted on July 8 after testing positive. The Mithapur man died at 10.30am on Sunday. He was a diabetic and suffering from hypertension. A 54-year-old man from Bhabhua had asthma. He was referred to NMCH on July 11 after his report came positive. All the patients were symptomatic. Altogether 44 persons have died at NMCH so far,” he said.
PMCH reported two deaths. Its nodal officer, Dr PN Jha, said a man (58) from Buddha Colony and another (48) from Vaishali had died on Friday night. “Their swab samples came positive on Sunday. Both had pneumonia,” he said.
DMCH nodal officer Dr Praveen Kumar Singh confirmed the death of a woman (48) from Mahura under Sadar block in Darbhanga. The woman was suffering from acute breathlessness, mild fever and cough.
Meanwhile, the first three cases in Bihar were reported on March 22. But the figures crossed 16,000 in just over 111 days. Around 5,194 Covid positive cases were reported in the state in just nine days.
An analysis suggests the cases in Bihar doubled in the last 18 days. Altogether 8,032 cases have been reported in the state since June 25.
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