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Patna records 102 new Covid positive cases

Patna, June 29, 2022: Patna reported 102 new Covid positive cases on Wednesday. It was bit less than 124 cases that were reported on Tuesday. With this, the number of active patients in the district has reached 569. These new cases have been found from 47 areas of the district. Nine patients each were from Khajpura and Shastri Nagar.

In view of the increasing Covid cases in Patna, the district administration has decided to open the Covid Center at Kangan Ghat. Treatment of such Covid patients will start at this center from Friday, who do not want to stay at home and get their treatment.  At present 100 beds have been kept in this center, but if needed, the number of beds will be increased to 200. Patna district magistrate Dr Chandrashekhar Singh said that the Covid Center at Kangan Ghat will be opened from Friday.

Meanwhile, the health department has asked to investigate with more focus on people coming from Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi, UP and Karnataka. It has been asked to focus on increasing testing, tracking, treatment, vaccination and following Covid rules. The health team has been asked to identify people coming from such places and do genome sequencing.

In the last 24 hours, 178 new Covid cases were found in the state. After Patna, 10 new cases have been recorded in Darbhanga, eight in Gaya, seven in Banka, four in Khagaria, three each in Araria, Saharsa and Muzaffarpur, two each in Katihar, Munger, Rohtas and Saran and Arwal, Aurangabad, Bhojpur, Buxar, Jehanabad, Madhepura, Madhubani and Nalanda. The number of active patients has now increased to 933.

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