COVID-19: Death toll crosses 300-mark in Patna

Patna | Wednesday | 18th November, 2020

Summary:

With three more deaths, the toll in Patna district mounted up to 302.

Altogether 513 new CCOVID-19 cases were reported in Bihar on Tuesday, taking the state tally to 2,27,946.

Officially, five more deaths were reported, taking the toll to 1,194.

Patna again had the highest number of 186 CCOVID cases, taking its tally to 39,547 so far. 

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With three more deaths, the toll in Patna district mounted up to 302.

Altogether 513 new CCOVID-19 cases were reported in Bihar on Tuesday, taking the state tally to 2,27,946.

Officially, five more deaths were reported, taking the toll to 1,194.

However, the state has a 97.04% recovery rate and only 5540 active cases.

As per the health department data, three deaths were reported from Patna and one each from Banka and Gaya.

Patna again had the highest number of 186 CCOVID cases, taking its tally to 39,547 so far.

However, with 37,758 recoveries and 302 deaths, there are 1487 active cases in the district.

Covid-19 cases reported from some other districts included Muzaffarpur (27), Gaya (19), Munger (18), Kishanganj (16), Katihar (16), Nalanda (14), West Champaran (12), Aurangabad (11), Bhagalpur (11), Nawada (11) and Purnia (11).

The state health department stated that 1,25,651 samples were tested in the past 24 hours and 749 people recovered during the same time period.

The government data apart, AIIMS-Patna reported eight deaths, including two from Patna district.