COVID-19 pandemic in Bihar

COVID-19 pandemic in Bihar
Map of districts with confirmed cases (as of 19 February 2022)
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DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationBihar
First outbreakWuhan, China
Index caseMunger
Arrival date22 March 2020
(1 year, 10 months and 4 weeks)
Confirmed cases62,031 (4 August 2020)
Active cases20,922
Recovered40,760 (4 August 2020)
Deaths
349 (4 August 2020)
Fatality rate0.56%
Territories
38 Districts
Government website
Official website
www.mohfw.gov.in

The first COVID-19 case in the Indian state of Bihar was reported in Munger on 22 March 2020, a 38-year-old tested positive for COVID-19, he was also the first victim.[1] He had travel history to Qatar.[2] The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has confirmed a total of 62,031 cases as of 4 August 2020, including 20,922 active cases, 349 deaths and 40,760 recoveries.[3] The virus has spread in 38 districts of the state, of which Patna district has the highest number of cases.[4]

The state has been under lockdown since 25 March 2020. The state government has responded to the outbreak by following a contact-tracing, testing, and home-to-home surveillance model.

The state began witnessing a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases as migrant workers and many people of Bihar stranded in other parts of the country returned to the state. Many of them tested positive for the coronavirus when they arrived, and were quarantined.

Bihar's COVID case fatality rate is one of the lowest in the nation.[5] The recovery rate in the state, 76, is also better than the national average.

Timeline

Initially, due to less international travel to Bihar, it reported fewer cases than other states, but due to the return of migrant labourers and students, Bihar witnessed a spike in the number of cases.

  • Bihar reported its first case on 22 March 2020.
  • Bihar reported its first 100 cases on 20 April 2020. It took almost 1 month to reach the 100th case.
  • Bihar reported 1,000 cases on 14 May 2020.
  • Bihar reported 5,000 cases on 8 June 2020.
  • Bihar reported 5,000 recoveries on 19 June 2020.
  • Bihar reported 10,000 cases on 1 July 2020.
  • On 10 July 2020, Bihar reported 10,000 recoveries.

April

  • Highest number of cases reported on 27 April 2020. The total new cases reported were 69.
  • Up to 27 April total home screened by health workers is 7459917.
  • On 28 April total 19 new cases reported and 7 recovered.
  • On 28 April Corona spread to 27 districts including 2 new districts.
  • Total testing done till 28 April is 19790.
  • Till 28 April total 6 Government lab is functional for testing in Bihar. Four labs in Patna and 1 lab each in Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga.
  • On 29 April total 26 new cases reported and 1 recovered. Corona spread to two more districts.
  • On 30 April total 22 new cases reported and a total of 19 people recovered.

May

  • On 1 May 2020, 41 new cases, 1 death, and 14 recoveries were reported, and the coronavirus spread to another district, Katihar.
  • On 2 May 2020, 16 new cases, 1 death, and 26 recoveries were reported.
  • On 3 May 2020, 35 new cases, 7 recoveries were reported and the virus spread to another district, Sheohar.
  • On 4 May 2020, 8 new cases and 5 recoveries were reported.
  • On 5 May 2020, total 7 new cases and 33 recoveries were reported.
  • On 6 May 2020, total 7 new cases, 28 people recovered.
  • On 7 May 2020, total 8 new cases, 58 people recovered and corona spread to one more district.
  • On 8 May 2020, total 19 news cases, 49 people recovered Corona spread to 4 more districts: Supaul, Saharsa, Kishanganj, and Khagaria.
  • On 9 May 2020, 41 new cases and 51 recoveries were report, the virus spread to another district, Muzaffarpur.[6]
  • On 10 May 2020, 96 new cases, 40 recoveries and 1 death was reported. 3 private labs were approved by the government for COVID-19 testing.
  • On 11 May 2020, 54 new cases were reported.
  • On 12 May 2020, 118 new cases were reported.
  • On 17 May 2020, 148 cases were reported, the highest on a single day at that point.

June

  • On 13 June 2020, 370 recoveries were recorded.
  • On 18 June 2020, 5 deaths were reported.
  • On 25 June 2020, 374 recoveries were reported.

July

  • On 6 July 2020, 7 deaths were reported.
  • On 10 July 2020, 11 deaths and 459 recoveries were reported.

August, September, and beyond

Starting from mid-August, cases slowly started to drop,[7] and the state re-opened by early-March.[8][9]

However, after Holi on 29 March 2021, cases started to rise quickly again, the government imposed new restrictions on 3 April 2021,[10] and tightened them on April 9, 2021.[11] On April 11, 2021, Bihar reported 3,756 new cases and 12 deaths. Active cases on that day jumped to 14,695, of which half were reported in the past 48 hours. 1,91,352 people were vaccinated on April 11, 2021, with the cumulative number of vaccinations standing at 50,01,448.[12]

On 4 May 2021, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced that the state will go into a lockdown till 15 May 2021.[13] The government extended the lockdown till 25 May 2021, on 13 May 2021.[14]

Response

Zones

To tackle the outbreak of coronavirus in an effective and structured manner, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has classified the country's districts in three different zones; Red, Orange, and Green, based on the severity of outbreak in those areas.[15]

The following is the list of districts of Bihar classified in their respective zones[16]

S.No.
 Zones Districts
1. Red
(Hotspot)		 Munger, Patna, Rohtas, Buxar, Gaya
2. Orange
(Non-Hotspot)		 Kaimur, Nalanda, Siwan, Bhojpur, Begusarai, Aurangabad, East Champaran, Madhubani, Bhagalpur, Arwal, Saran, Gopalganj, Nawada, Lakhisarai, Banka, Vaishali, Darbhanga, Jehanabad, Madhepura, Purnia, Muzaffarpur, Sheikhpura, Araria, Jamui, Katihar, Khagaria, Kishanganj , Pashchim Champaran , Saharsa, Samastipur, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Supaul
3. Green
(COVID-19 free)

Testing Centres

As of 10 May 2020, the state has 10 laboratories (7 government labs and 3 private labs) approved by ICMR for testing. Till 9 may, no private labs were approved to do COVID-19 testing in Bihar. On 10 May Bihar health department has permitted 2 private labs to collect samples and test for COVID-19. The rate of testing has been fixed and that is 4500 rs. [17]

  • On 15 May 1 more government lab approved to do COVID-19 testing.
  • On 16 May 1 more government lab approved to do COVID-19 testing.
  • On 18 May 3 more government lab approved to do COVID-19 testing.
  • On 19 May 2 more government lab approved to do COVID-19 testing.
  • On 20 May 1 more government lab approved to do COVID-19 testing.
  • On 21 May 1 more government lab approved to do COVID-19 testing. With that total testing center in Bihar reached 19(16 government lab and 3 private labs).
COVID-19 Testing Centers in Bihar
No.

Institute

 City Testing facility started on

Type

 Address\Detail
1 RMRIMS Patna 7 March 2020 Government
2 IGIMS Patna 25 March 2020 Government
3 DMCH Darbhanga 2 April 2020 Government
4 PMCH Patna 6 April 2020 Government
5 SKMCH Muzaffarpur 13 April 2020 Government
6 AIIMS Patna 15 April 2020 Government
7 JLNMCH Bhagalpur 3 May 2020 Government
8 Dr. Lal Path Labs Online 10 May 2020 Private Website: www.lalpathlabs.com,

Mobile Number: 8527483085

9 Path Kind Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd Patna 10 May 2020 Private Mobile Number: 7827949761/ 7827949762
10 Path Kind Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd Muzaffarpur 10 May 2020 Private Mobile Number: 7827949750
11 VIMS Pawapuri 15 May 2020 Government
12 District hospital Siwan 16 May 2020 Government
13 JKTMCH Madhepura 18 May 2020 Government
14 GMC Bettiah 18 May 2020 Government
15 ANMMCH Gaya 18 May 2020 Government
16 District hospital Munger 19 May 2020 Government
17 TBDC Motiihari 19 May 2020 Government
18 JLNMCH Bhagalpur 20 May 2020 Government
19 District Hospital Rohtas 21 May 2020 Government

Testing Summary

Summary of test results
Samples tested 687,154
Tests per 1 million people 5,749
Positive per 100 Tests 9
Tested negative 625,123
Tested positive 62,031
Results Awaited -
Active Case 20,922
Recovery Rate 66

Total tests done is 687,154 as per 31 July [18][19] 21,271 reported active, 349 decreased and 40760 people recovered.[20]

Public Health Strategy

Government Quarantine Facility

In late March, as migrants workers started returning to Bihar, the state government imposed mandatory 14 days quarantining at government relief camps.[21] Initially in late May, the state government created three layers of quarantining:[22]

Category Level Source
A Block 11 cities: Surat, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Pune,Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurgram, Noida, Kolkata, and Bangalore
B Panchayat UP, MP, Rajasthan and Haryana (except some towns)
C Village Elsewhere

But within days, the government changed strategy to only have returnee migrants from category A (Block level) be mandatorily put in institutional quarantine, while the rest were sent for home quarantine if found asymptomatic.[23] The camps were closed down on 15 June and the last registration for institutional quarantining took place on 1 June.[24] The reason given for this was that reportedly the last batch of migrant workers came back on the 1st of June and the ones who came to Bihar after that aren't necessary returnee migrant workers. The other reasons was that most of these camps operated out of schools, which needed to be vacated as the government planned to reopen schools in July.[25] As of 14 June, there were 288 Block Quarantine Camps with a total of 15,33,392 persons registered for quarantining.[26]

While operational, these camps provided three meals a day to them, as well as a minimum financial assistance of ₹1,000.[26] To combat rapid population growth, the state government also provided kits containing condoms, contraceptives, and pregnancy tests to the discharged migrants.[27] As of 10 June, 17 lakh condoms were distributed to the migrants.[28]

High-level Multi-disciplinary Central Teams

Bihar is one of the 15 states and Union Territories which will get technical support and administrative hand-holding from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare through central teams composed of two public health experts, epidemiologists, clinicians and a senior Joint Secretary level nodal officer.[29] The central team will assist the health department of the state government in implementing containment measures and management of clinical cases. The team will also improve coordination between the state government, and the district and municipal level authorities for public health response on the field.

Economic Strategy

Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan

This central scheme will be launched in six states, including Bihar, on 20 June 2020 from Telihar village of Khagaria district of Bihar.[30] 32 districts in Bihar will be part of the scheme.[31] This scheme will provide employment opportunities to both rural workers and returnee migrant workers, and develop rural infrastructure. Under the scheme, 25 different types of work will be provided under mission mode. 12 different central government ministries and departments will be involved in this scheme: Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Road Transport & Highways, Mines, Drinking Water & Sanitation, Environment, Railways, Petroleum & Natural Gas, New & Renewable Energy, Border Roads, Telecom and Agriculture.

The scheme will be launched in the following districts:[31]

East Champaran, West Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Darbhanga, Purnia, Gaya, Madhubani, Araria, Saran, Rohtas, Samastipur, Banka, Khagaria, Begusarai, Supaul, Bhagalpur, Saharsa, Aurangabad, Buxar, Kishanganj, Madhepura, Sitamarhi, Bhojpur, Siwan, Patna, Nalanda, Gopalganj, Jamui, Nawada and Kaimur.

State Government Response

The Bihar government has mapped the skills of more than 17 lakhs of migrant-labourers and has engage more than 6 to 7 lakhs of them in different schemes employment schemes.[31]

Impact

Migrant Workers Crisis

Observing the situation of workers throughout the country, the central government and Indian railway decided to run the "Shramik Special" between states to help workers to reach their home state. Till 13 May over 169 Shramik special train reached Bihar different city from other states.

Bihar health department release data on 15 May about total cases related to the migrant workers.

  • Total Migrant positive case report 358 from 4 May to 15 May.
  • Total 416 migrant positive case reported till 15 May.[32]

Statistics

District wise details

COVID-19 pandemic in Bihar by district
District Total cases Recoveries Deaths Active cases
Total 7,25,235 7,15,303 9,646 286
Araria 14,955 14,832 116 7
Arwal 7,375 7,293 74 8
Aurangabad 20,007 19,932 75 0
Banka 7,377 7,265 112 0
Begusarai 27,172 26,712 457 3
Bhagalpur 25,823 25,502 309 12
Bhojpur 10,170 10,004 159 7
Buxar 9,247 9,065 182 0
Darbhanga 10,891 10,505 366 20
East Champaran 18,998 18,543 430 25
Gaya 33,931 33,647 279 5
Gopalganj 16,669 16,575 94 0
Jamui 9,408 9,298 106 4
Jehanabad 10,770 10,661 109 0
Kaimur 4,983 4,836 147 0
Katihar 18,117 18,010 94 13
Khagaria 10,051 9,959 88 4
Kishanganj 10,100 10,018 66 16
Lakhisarai 7,766 7,658 102 6
Madhepura 12,516 12,395 111 10
Madhubani 18,329 17,988 337 4
Munger 15,101 14,939 158 4
Muzaffarpur 31,378 30,745 621 12
Nalanda 23,420 22,938 468 14
Nawada 10,342 10,162 178 2
Patna 1,46,820 1,44,453 2,330 37
Purnia 24,405 24,223 180 2
Rohtas 13,958 13,678 269 11
Saharsa 17,587 17,450 134 3
Samastipur 19,974 19,795 154 25
Saran 23,263 23,007 255 1
Sheikhpura 7,690 7,612 75 3
Sheohar 4,393 4,355 36 2
Sitamarhi 9,168 9,034 127 7
Siwan 15,191 15,021 170 0
Supaul 17,201 17,072 128 1
Vaishali 19,805 19,599 192 14
West Champaran 20,884 20,522 358 4
As of 2021-08-10[33]

COVID-19 daily graph by total number of cases, recoveries and death

Daily new cases

Daily Recovered

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Daily new death

Active cases

Map Statistics

Cases outside Bihar

See also

Notes

    References

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