Shashank Shekhar
Patna : Five persons from Munger District and four persons from Begusarai District tested positive to Coronavirus (COVID-19) on May 13, 2020, late night, taking the total to 953 in Bihar. The patients are in 18-45 year age group and the Government is looking into their infection trail. The Coronavirus death toll in Bihar is 7.
Of the five new cases in Munger, three were reported from Kharagpur and one each from Jamalpur and Falka Gumti taking the total to 122 in the district. Sixty-five of these patient have recovered so far. In Begusarai, two COVID-19 confirmed cases each were reported from Gadhpura and Sahebpur Kamal taking the total to 47 in the district of which 9 have recovered so far.
It may be mentioned here that Patna District has reported 99 confirmed cases till date 35 of whom have recovered so far while Rohtas has reported 75 confirmed cases. Nalanda District has reported 63 COVID-19 confirmed cases till date while Buxar has reported 59 confirmed cases.
Meanwhile, Coronavirus death toll jumped to 2,549 in India on May 14, 2020, morning, with 134 new deaths being reported from different parts of the country during last 24 hours. Maharashtra alone accounts for 975 deaths due to Coronavirus followed by Gujarat with 566 deaths. MP has reported 232 deaths to Coronavirus till date while West Bengal has reported 207 deaths due to this disease. Rajasthan has reported 121 deaths due to the disease while Delhi has reported 106 deaths.
Coronavirus death toll has now cross one hundred mark in six states in India. UP has reported 83 deaths while Tamilnadu has reported 64 deaths till date. Andhra Pradesh has reported 47 deaths due to Coronavirus while Telangana accounts for 34 deaths. Karnataka has reported 33 deaths due to this disease while Punjab has reported 32 deaths. J&K and Haryana have reported 11 deaths each. Chandigarh, Jharkhand, and Odisha have reported 3 deaths each while Kerala has reported 4 deaths.
The silver lining is, the number of Coronavirus patients cured/discharged has also jumped to 26,234 in India on May 14 from 24,385 on May 13, 2020, morning.
Meanwhile, Coronavirus death toll surged to 84,119 in USA and 33,264 in UK. Italy has reported 31,104 Coronavirus deaths till date.