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Patna : The number of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,32,935 in Bihar on August 29, 2020, as 2,087 more persons including 315 from Patna, 112 from Madhubani, 104 from Araria, and 104 from Gopalganj, tested positive to it on August 28, 2020.
According to State Health Department Sources, 98 person from Muzaffarpur, 81 from Purnia, 81 from West Champaran, 80 from Samastipur, 71 from East Champaran, 69 from Bhagalpur, 67 from Katihar, 64 from Saharsa, 60 from Saran, 53 from Gaya, 51 from Supaul, 50 from Vaishali, and 44 from Nalanda also tested positive to COVID-19 on August 28, 2020.
Of the 1,32,935 COVID-19 cases in Bihar, a total of 1,15,074 patients have been declared cured/discharged including 2,629 during last 24 hours with the recovery rate being 86.56 %. Altogether 29,89,407 COVID samples have been tested in Bihar till date including 1,06,481 on August 28, 2020. The number of active cases in the state was 17,181 on August 29, 2020.
COVID-19 death toll in Bihar jumped to 679 on August 29 with 5 new deaths being reported from different places during last 24 hours including two from Patna, and one each from Vaishali, Muzaffarpur, and Begusarai. The toll in Patna has climbed to 156.