AMN / PATNA
In Bihar, the number of daily Covid cases continues to increase with 344 more people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. The number of active covid cases in the state increased to 1,385.
In last three days, a total of 168 doctors and MBBS students of Nalanda Medical College Hospital(NMCH) have tested positive. Three judges of Patna High Court were also tested positive.
Meanwhile over one lakh 60 thousand youngsters received jab so far in the state so far.
Bihar Imposes Night Curfew After Massive Spike In COVID Cases; Gyms, Cinema Halls Closed
According to a notification issued by the state’s home ministry, the curfew hours will be from 10 PM to 5 AM and, along with other curbs, shall remain in force
Patna district on Tuesday exploded with 565 fresh Covid-19 cases, a three-fold increase in 24 hours while Bihar’s single day infections tally shot up two-and-a-half times to 893, forcing the Nitish Kumar government to order night curfew and other restrictions which will come into effect from Thursday.
According to a notification issued by the state’s home ministry, the curfew hours will be from 10 PM to 5 AM and, along with other curbs, shall remain in force till January 21.
Schools shall remain closed for up to Class VIII though online teaching will be allowed and offices, government as well as private, shall be permitted to function with not more than 50 per cent attendance.
The measures spelled out in the notification were adopted after a high level meeting of the Covid crisis management group chaired by the Chief Minister in the evening.
Other curbs include closure of gyms, cinema halls, swimming pools and stadiums and not more than 50 per cent occupancy for restaurants.
The state is now left with an active caseload of 2,222, a nearly 70 times rise since a month ago. Patna, where nearly 100 doctors are among those to have tested positive in the last few days, has 1,250 active cases.
Gaya, which reported 99 fresh cases and has 460 active cases, is the second worst hit district.
There has, however, been no Covid related fatality for about a week.
Testing rate has been cranked up in view of the recent spike. As many as 1,44,675 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
So far there has been only one confirmed Omicron case in the state where altogether 7,28,766 people have caught the contagion and 7,14,447 have recovered.