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Migrants arrive at the Danapur crossing
PATNA: The state recorded the largest single-day peak with 85 new COVID-19 positive cases and sixth death from coronavirus on Sunday. This took into account the coronavirus cases in Bihar at 696.
The total number of active cases in the state is now 336, while 354 have been recovered. Chief Health Secretary Sanjay Kumar said almost all the new cases are those that had returned to Bihar on special trains from Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra and other states this week. “Their samples were collected from quarantine centers where they have been kept for 21 days. The teams from the health department collected the samples randomly, since it is not possible to evaluate all the people who come from other states, ”he said.
A 60-year-old man from the Patna district died on Sunday before his test report arrived. He suffered from a late-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that causes obstructed air flow from the lungs, a health department official said. “His result was negative,” said PMCH superintendent Dr. Bimal Karak.
Nine new cases were reported from the Patna district, bringing his count to 61. State Nodal Officer for Covid-19, Dr Ragini MishraThey said eight of them had come from out of state last week. “Only a 56-year-old woman Alamganj, who is a cancer patient, has no travel history. We are tracking their trail of infection and collecting samples from family members, ”he said.
Meanwhile, according to an IANS report, cases have increased once again in Telangana with 33 more people testing positive on Sunday, bringing the state’s count to 1,196. Authorities said that of 33 new cases, 26 were reported from the boundaries of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). Seven migrants also tested positive.
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