Out of the total 10,385 migrant workers, as many as 560 in Bihar have been tested positive for coronavirus till May 16, informed state health department on Sunday. It further informed that all the returnee migrants have been put under quarantine facility to stop the spread of deadly virus in the state.
“Bihar Health Department has been very attentive to arrival of migrants and analysing data on a continuous basis. Sharing data for all migrants till 16/5/2020. All are housed in institutional quarantine centres,” the statement from state health department read.
The report by the state health department further revealed that out of the 560 cases found positive, 172 migrants workers were from Delhi followed by Maharashtra with 123 and West Bengal with 26.
The health department further stated that result of 2746 samples are pending.
At least 33 more people, including a 65-year-old woman, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Bihar, raising the total count in the state to 1,178, a top health department official said.
Of the 33 that tested positive, Madhubani district accounts for the maximum number of cases at 14, followed by Bhojpur at six and Samastipur at three, Sanjay Kumar, the principal secretary of the state health department, said.
Two cases each were reported from Jamui, Purnea and Siwan and one each from Patna, Bhagalpur, Kaimur and Lakhisarai, he said.
“33 more covid-19 +ve cases in Bihar taking the total to 1178.We are ascertaining their further infection trail,” Kumar tweeted late on Saturday.
He also attached with his tweet a list mentioning the age and location of the 33 patients.
Taking into account the new patients, the number of active cases rose to 718.
Seven people have died of COVID-19 in Bihar so far — two in Patna and one each from Rohtas, Munger, Vaishali, East Champaran and Sitamarhi. All seven had pre-existing ailments.
Altogether 453 people have recovered from the disease.
The number of migrants who tested positive for the disease following their return from Delhi, Gujarat and Maharashtra among other states stood at 454.
As many as 44,340 samples have been examined for COVID-19 so far at seven facilities of the state.
