Bokaro saw a huge spurt in fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday night. In a single day surge district reported 335 new coronavirus positive cases including 30 jail inmates.
In view of the consistent rise in COVID-19 positive cases, the district health department conducted a special investigation drive on Tuesday. Around 9852 samples were collected through camps organised at 12 different locations in the district.
“Around 335 new cases were confirmed in a day. All have been shifted to COVID Hospital and contact tracing of all is being done,” informed A K Pathak Civil Surgeon Bokaro.
Meanwhile, 65 people were recovered and discharged from COVID hospitals on Tuesday after they tested negative for the Sars-Cov-2 virus for the second time and sent back to their home after recovering fully; the total number of active cases rushed to 1449 in the District. “Total death toll in the district hastened to 16, Pathak said.
According to government data, around 74,143 samples have been collected so far in the district; till now 2607 COVID-19 positive (by 08 September) cases were reported in the district while an investigation report of 40,355 is still awaited. All total 1267 were recovered in the district.
Expressing concern over the spurt in Coronavirus positive cases in the district, Bokaro Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Kumar Singh said, everyone needs to be vigilant. He appealed, “Support the administration in making the district free from COVID-19, follow SOP.”