Bihar's Covid tally crosses 79,000-mark, toll up to 429

PATNA: The Covid-19 cases in Bihar crossed the 79,000-mark on Sunday as 3,934 more people tested positive for the virus in the past 24 hours. With 10 more official deaths, the toll mounted to 429 while the number of positive cases reached up to 79,720.
The health department claimed to have tested 75,628 samples in the last 24 hours and over 10 lakh so far.Altogether 4,73,734 samples, which is about 40% of the total collected, have been tested between August 1 and 7.
Patna recorded the maximum 786 new cases on Sunday. The health department has reported 81 Covid deaths in Patna district so far. There were 4,055 active cases while 8,570 had recovered from the virus infection in the district so far.
Other districts which reported a large number of Covid cases were Begusarai (244), Katihar (177), East Champaran (162), Saran (160), Samastipur (146), Vaishali (132), Rohtas (131), Muzaffarpur (128), Gopalganj (115), Bhojpur (109). Saharsa and West Champaran each registered 108 cases and Nalanda reported 103 fresh cases.
According to IPRD secretary Anupam Kumar, 2,642 persons recovered in the last 24 hours and 51,315 persons have been discharged from the hospitals so far. “There are 27,976 active cases. Bihar’s recovery rate stands at 64.37%. The total samples tested in Bihar reached up to 10,21,906,” he said in a press communiqué.
On Sunday, 11 Covid-19 patients died at AIIMS-Patna. They included a 65-year-old doctor from Dalsinghsarai in Samastipur district.
The nodal officer for Covid-19 at AIIMS-Patna, Dr Sanjeev Kumar, said eight of the deceased were from Patna district, including four women aged 45, 50, 65 and 67 from Ramkrishna Nagar, Khusrupur, Phulwarisharif and Kankarbagh respectively. Four men aged between 45 and 80 from Patel Nagar, Rajeev Nagar, Danapur Cantonment area and Anisabad respectively also died there. The other two deceased were from Saran and Purnea.
The NMCH administration reported three more deaths on Sunday, while 24 new Covid patients were admitted and 18 discharged from the hospital after full recovery. Dr Mukul Kumar Singh, epidemiologist-cum-nodal officer of Covid at NMCH, said a 55-year-old woman from Bhojpur, who was suffering from pneumonia and tested positive on July 28, died on Sunday. Among the other deceased were a 72-year-old man from Buxar and another 42-year-old from Siwan.
Meanwhile, a 63-year-old former RJD MLA and the son of a former Bihar CM was discharged from AIIMS-Patna. Three doctors, including a city-based gynaecologist and two medical staff from Darbhanga were also discharged.