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Patna : The COVID-19 cases rose to 1,59,526 in Bihar on September 14, 2020, afternoon, with 1,137 more persons including 196 from Patna, 78 from Muzaffarpur, 66 from Supaul, 61 from Saharsa,53 from Lakhisarai, 52 from Nalanda, 50 from Bhagalpur, 47 from Aurangabad, 42 from East Champaran, and 40 from Madhubani, testing positive to it on September 13, 2020.
According to State Health Department, 34 persons from Gaya, 32 from Purnia, 29 from Araria, 27 from Samastipur, 24 from Kishanganj, 23 from Gopalganj, 21 from Madhepura, 21 rom Bhojpur, 20 from Begusarai, 20 from Darbhanga, 19 from Banka, and 15 from West Champaran, also tested positive to COVID-19 on September 13, 2020.
Of the 1,59,526 COVID-19 cases reported in Bihar till date, a total of 1,45,019 patients have been declared cured including 1,966 during last 24 hours with the recovery rate being 90.91 %. The State has tested 49,86,747 COVID samples so far including 1,02,330 samples on September 13, 2020. The number of active cases in Bihar was 13,675 on September 14, 2020.
The COVID -19 death toll in Bihar jumped to 831 on September 14, 2020, with 9 new deaths being reported from different places during last 24 hours including three from Kishanganj, two from Muzaffarpur, two from Purnia.