1,978 new coronavirus cases with 3 more deaths in Bihar past 24 hurs

Bihar reported 13 Covid-19 deaths taking the death toll to 741 while 1,978 new coronavirus cases were detected in past 24 hours pushing the caseload to over 1.44 lakh, a health department bulletin said.

 

The highest number of over 1.50 lakh samples were tested for the viral infection during the same period, the bulletin said.

 

The state has witnessed a



three-fold jump in its testing capacity in past one month. As many as 51,924 samples had been tested for Covid-19 on August 5.

 

Of the 13 deaths, three were reported from Patna, two each from East Champaran and Saharsa and one each from Araria, Arwal, Bhojpur, Buxar, Jehanabad and Vaishali, it said.

 

At present, there are 16,981 active cases in the state.