Bihar’s Minority Welfare Minister, Khurshid Alam’s wife, Viboon Nisha succumbed to COVID-19 during her treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna on Thursday.
According to doctors, Nisha was admitted to AIIMS on August 18. Her health was continuously declining during the treatment. The 54-year-old developed several health ailments such as blood pressure, diabetes, and kidney infection. Given her serious condition, doctors shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward for COVID patients.
Bihar registered a record spike of 1,922 cases on Thursday, taking the total number of infections tally to 1,42,156. Active cases in the state are 16,451 while the recovery rate touched 87.91%. 728 deaths have been registered in Bihar so far, as per the bulletin released by the state health department.
More than 100 corona-infected were found in five districts of the state- Patna, Araria, Bhagalpur, Madhubani, and Muzaffarpur. The capital city, Patna registered the highest 259 COVID-19 positive cases. 121 in Araria, 104 in Bhagalpur, 121 in Madhubani, and 113 new cases in Muzaffarpur were registered.
According to Bihar Health Department, 12 positive cases in Arwal, 69 in Aurangabad, 30 in Banka, 26 at Begusarai, 14 in Bhojpur, 22 in Buxar, 36 in Darbhanga, 81 in East Champaran, 59 in Gaya, 37 in Gopalganj, Jamui 26, 28 in Jahanabad, 46 in Kaimur, 21 in Khagaria, 50 in Kishanganj, 16 at Lakhisarai, 55 in Madhepura, 10 in Munger, 25 in Nalanda, 18 in Nawada, 67 in Purya, 33 in Rohtas, 58 in Saharsa, 46 in Samastipur, 54 in Saran, 10 in Sheikhpura, 16 in Shivhar, 48 in Sitamarhi, 29 in Siwan, 60 in Supaul, 13 in Vaishali and 41 infections in West Champaran were registered.
Meanwhile, with over 80,000 cases and more than 1,000 deaths for yet another day, the coronavirus tally in India on Friday rose to 3,936,747 with 68.472 fatalities, the latest data by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare showed. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Delhi, and Andhra Pradesh account for 70% of the total COVID-19 deaths, according to the government.
