PATNA: There was further decline in the daily Covid-19 cases with 3,009 people in the state testing positive on Friday.
The positivity rate also came down to 1.97%, compared to 3.58% on January 14. Officially, 11 deaths were reported for the second time in a day this month after January 19.
Patna had 697 cases, followed by Samastipur (222), Madhepura (126), Purnia (118), Munger (117) and Saran (101). Other districts reported less than 100 cases with Khagaria reporting the minimum nine positive cases.
While addressing the media virtually, additional chief secretary (health) Pratyaya Amrit said while cases around January 14 were higher, the state has a declining trend for the past four to five days. “There is considerable decline and the trend is very perceptible. Now the challenge is to maintain this declining trend,” he said, advising everyone to remain cautious as cases were increasing in other parts of the country like Kerala.
Even Patna was showing a downtrend with drop in the daily cases. Patna district magistrate Chandrashekhar Singh praised the efforts of healthcare and frontline workers in tacking the third wave.
Not only the number of cases, even the admissions in health centres have dropped recently. Health department’s special secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh said while 364 people were admitted in different health centres till Wednesday, the figure dropped to 159 on Friday.
As per the data shared by the health department on Friday, the 3,009 new cases were detected from the 1,52,728 samples tested in the past 24 hours. While Bihar had reported 3,475 cases on Thursday and 4063 new cases on Wednesday, it had reported the highest number of 6541 cases on January 14.
AIIMS-Patna on Friday reported four deaths, including a 30-year-old female from the city. The other deceased included a 35-year-old female from Gaya, a 55-year-old female from Hazaribagh and a 70-year-old female of Nalanda district.
The positivity rate also came down to 1.97%, compared to 3.58% on January 14. Officially, 11 deaths were reported for the second time in a day this month after January 19.
Patna had 697 cases, followed by Samastipur (222), Madhepura (126), Purnia (118), Munger (117) and Saran (101). Other districts reported less than 100 cases with Khagaria reporting the minimum nine positive cases.
While addressing the media virtually, additional chief secretary (health) Pratyaya Amrit said while cases around January 14 were higher, the state has a declining trend for the past four to five days. “There is considerable decline and the trend is very perceptible. Now the challenge is to maintain this declining trend,” he said, advising everyone to remain cautious as cases were increasing in other parts of the country like Kerala.
Even Patna was showing a downtrend with drop in the daily cases. Patna district magistrate Chandrashekhar Singh praised the efforts of healthcare and frontline workers in tacking the third wave.
Not only the number of cases, even the admissions in health centres have dropped recently. Health department’s special secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh said while 364 people were admitted in different health centres till Wednesday, the figure dropped to 159 on Friday.
As per the data shared by the health department on Friday, the 3,009 new cases were detected from the 1,52,728 samples tested in the past 24 hours. While Bihar had reported 3,475 cases on Thursday and 4063 new cases on Wednesday, it had reported the highest number of 6541 cases on January 14.
AIIMS-Patna on Friday reported four deaths, including a 30-year-old female from the city. The other deceased included a 35-year-old female from Gaya, a 55-year-old female from Hazaribagh and a 70-year-old female of Nalanda district.
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